McCranney v. Commonwealth

EDWARD P. HILL, Jr., Chief Justice.

Appellants were found guilty of “knowingly receiving stolen property,” consisting of eight cases of Imperial Brand Hiram Walker whiskey and one case of vodka, *915and each was given two years in prison, It was charged the booze was stolen from Gateway Distributors, Louisville, Kentucky,

A third defendant, Charles Allen Anthony, was also charged, found guilty, and given a two-year sentence, but he has not appealed.

Appellants say their conviction should be reversed for three reasons: (1) failure of the trial court to give an instruction on their theory of their…