Legal Opinion

Norris v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided June 4, 1948PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees

Affirming.

Charles Norris has been convicted of the crime of breaking and entering the storehouse of another with intent to steal, and sentenced to a term of one year in the state reformatory. He seeks a reversal of the judgment on the ground that the trial court erred in overruling his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal.. He insists that the Commonwealth failed to establish the breaking or to establish that the articles alleged to have been stolen as a result of the breaking were in the building at the time in question.

Appellant was charged with…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Broughton v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1946
  2. Young v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
  3. Kidd v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938
  4. Hawkins v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1940

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State v. PolsonIdaho Supreme Court · 1959
  2. Embrey v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1951

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