Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided September 25, 1945PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Rees
Affirming.
The appellants, Oscar Johnson, Ramey Allen, and Floyd Reece, were convicted of the crime of chicken stealing, a crime denounced by subsection 4 of section 433.250, KRS.- The punishment of each was fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of two years. Reversal of the judgment is sought on the ground that the indictment is defective in that it fails to describe with sufficient particularity the property charged to have been stolen, and the further ground that the instructions are erroneous.
The indictment charged that the defendants…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Cheek v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
- Moore v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1936
- Hopper v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1933
- Campbell v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930
- Gilliam v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1936
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Curnutt v. Commonwealth (Three Cases)Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1949