Legal Opinion

Sumner v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided October 16, 1953Published

1Opinion of the Court

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Leonard Sumner appeals from a judgment sentencing him to five years in the penitentiary following conviction on a charge of maliciously shooting at and wounding another with intent to kill.

The main point argued in appellant’s brief is that the verdict was not sup*634ported by the evidence. This argument amounts to nothing more than a contention that the jury should have believed the defendant and his witnesses rather than the witnesses for the Commonwealth. There was ample evidence to sustain the conviction.

A point barely mentioned in appellant’s brief, but which we think is…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Tolliver v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
  2. Angel v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1942
  3. Lee v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1925
  4. Reynolds v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1919
  5. Vaughn v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1941

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