Nash v. Commonwealth

• STEWART, Chief Justice.

There is only one question raised in this appeal and .that is whether appellant’s plea of. .guilty to the indictment precluded the necessity of introducing evidence under the Habitual Criminal Act, KRS 431.190, which reads:

“Any person convicted á second time ' of- felony shall be confined in the peni- . tentiary not less than double the time ■ of the sentence under the first convic- . tion; if convicted a third time of fel- ■ ony, he shall be confined in the peni-, 'tentiary during his life. Judgment in . ‘.. such cases shall riot-be-given for the ,. increased penalty…