Hodges v. Commonwealth

DAVIS, Commissioner.

Alonzo Hodges, Jr., was found guilty of breaking and entering a storehouse with intent to steal property therefrom, as denounced by KRS 433.190. He prosecutes this appeal from the judgment imposing confinement in the penitentiary for one year and six months, contending that his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal should have been sustained because the Commonwealth failed to present sufficient evidence to warrant submission of the case to the jury. James Orville Moore was also convicted of the offense, but he has not appealed.

Shortly before 5 a. m. on January 4,…