Tussey v. Commonwealth

CLAYTON, Justice.

A spool of insulated copper wire valued at approximately $1500 disappeared from the Armco Steel Corporation in Boyd County. The spool was later discovered in the vicinity of an Armco warehouse but off of the company’s grounds. The wire had been badly burned with most of the insulation destroyed. Armco officials, with the cooperation of the local police, organized a “stake out.” The next day, movant and another man were observed picking up junk in the area of the burnt wire. When the two men began loading the wire onto their truck they were arrested.

Movant was indicted for…