Boggess v. Commonwealth

REED, Judge.

The appellant, Earl Boggess, and Charles Willis were indicted jointly for an alleged violation of KRS 292.320(1) (c) which is part of the Kentucky “Blue Sky” law. Willis was not apprehended and Boggess alone was tried. His trial resulted in a jury verdict which found him guilty and fixed his punishment at a fine of $5,000 and a jail sentence of one year. (KRS 292.991). Boggess appeals from the judgment entered pursuant to this verdict. He asserts that the indictment returned against him failed to state a public offense; that he was entitled to a directed verdict of acquittal; that…