Askew v. Commonwealth

STEINFELD, Judge.

Joe Dick Askew was indicted for robbing George Lamb on or about March 20, 1967, by the use of a gun. KRS 433.140. After a plea of not guilty his trial resulted in a hung jury. On the second trial he was convicted and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. From a judgment pursuant to the jury verdict on that second trial he appeals. We affirm.

Lamb, who lived in Calvert City (which is between Kentucky Lake and Paducah), after fishing on the lake during the day of the alleged robbery drove his pickup truck to Charles Pickett’s restaurant in Paducah arriving there about…