Adkins v. Commonwealth

MONTGOMERY, Chief Justice.

Avery Adkins and Willie Conley were jointly indicted for grand larceny of an auto tire of the value of more than $20. Upon their plea of guilty and by agreement with the Commonwealth, the Court sentenced each of them to three years’ confinement in the penitentiary. From a denial of their joint application for writs of habeas corpus, they have appealed.

The application for the writs of habeas corpus was based on the statement of the owner of the stolen property that it was worth only $6 instead of over $20, and on a letter from the trial judge to the parole board in…