Hobson v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice VENTERS.

Following a jury trial, Appellant Terry Glenn Hobson was convicted in Boyd Circuit Court of first-degree robbery, receiving stolen property, and giving a peace officer a false name. For these crimes Appellant was sentenced to a total of ten years. 1 The Court of Appeals affirmed Appellant’s conviction and sentence. We granted discretionary review and now reverse the first-degree robbery conviction and sentence.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In the light most favorable to the verdict, the facts are as follows. On July 11, 2005, Appellant broke into Rod…