Karl v. Commonwealth

MONTGOMERY,. Judge.

The appellant, Russell Stephen Karl, was convicted of the crime of armed assault with intent to rob. KRS 433.150. He appeals from a judgment sentencing him to serve twenty-one years in the state penitentiary. It is contended that the trial court erred: (1) in ruling a written confession admissible in evidence; (2) in refusing to permit appellant to introduce evidence concerning the circumstances surrounding the mailing of the confession after admitting the confession in evidence; and (3) in admitting incompetent testimony.

On February 12, 1955, a liquor store in Lexington,…