Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Marganon

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided September 20, 1963PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

An indictment under KRS 433.120(2) against Fernando Vicinte Marganon, Arthur MacBride, and Danny Leroy Caldwell, was dismissed as failing to state an offense under the statute. The Commonwealth seeks a certification of the law.

The statute provides:

“Any person who has possession of any tools, implements or other things used by burglars for housebreaking, forcing doors, windows, locks or buildings or other places where goods, wares, merchandise or money is kept, with the intention of using them burglariously shall be confined in the penitentiary for *822not less than two nor more…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. TilleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
  2. Commonwealth v. RileyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1921
  3. Sanchez v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1960
  4. Johnson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
  5. Burch v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. NewmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1981
  2. State v. StonerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1971
  3. State v. NewmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1981
  4. State v. NewmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1981

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