Hobbs v. Commonwealth

Judge Thomas

dissenting.

In briefly stating my reasons for dissenting from the opinion of the majority of the court I will confine myself strictly to the facts of this case, one of the most important of which is that appellant admitted at his trial while testifying in his own behalf that he, himself, and alone, committed the crime with which he was charged and convicted by the verdict of the jury. He was corroborated by his mother, and no one denied that testimony. The opinion holds that there was no evidence tending to show that appellant’s father participated in any manner as aiding and…