Brewer v. Commonwealth

Billy Ray Brewer appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of the crime of theft by unlawful taking (KRS 514.030) and fixing his punishment at one year in prison.

Brewer took a 1975 Honda trail bike from the premises occupied by Martin Joseph Stepp. After the trail bike disappeared, Stepp conducted a search, and with the assistance of police officers, finally located the bike in West Virginia in the possession of Brewer. Brewer asserts upon this appeal that a confession made by him subsequent to his arrest was obtained without his being afforded the rights granted by…