Legal Opinion

King v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided October 24, 1950PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judge Helm

Affirming.

Appellant, David King, charged with the offense of having in his possession with intent to sell, lend, give away or show, obscene magazines of an indecent character, in violation of KRS 436.100, was found guilty and his punishment fixed at a fine of $¿00. He appeals, maintaining that: (1) The court erred in overruling appellant’s demurrer to the indictment; (2) the court erred in overruling the motion of appellant to require the Commonwealth to elect; (3) the court erred in overruling appellant’s motion for a directed verdict; and (4) the' verdict of the jury is flagrantly…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Nichols v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1879
  2. Caudill v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1924
  3. Kinnaird v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1909
  4. Commonwealth v. CallowayCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. BeckerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1954
  2. State v. CleinSupreme Court of Florida · 1957
  3. King v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1950

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