Pelfrey v. Commonwealth

OSBORNE, Judge.

The appellant was convicted in the Boone Circuit Court of grand larceny of an automobile and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment.

The appellant raises two issues: 1. The trial court should have sustained appellant’s motion for a directed verdict of not guilty. 2. The jury’s verdict is not supported by the evidence.

Although the appellant has framed his issues along the above lines, he is saying that because the indictment charged the appellant “did steal a 1967 Chevrolet automobile worth more than $100” and, because the court instructed the jury that they had to find that the…