Jones v. Commonwealth

REED, Judge.

The defendant, H. Ray Jones, a law enforcement officer for thirteen years and a former sheriff of Wayne County, appeals from a judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict that found him guilty of the crime of grand larceny. (KRS 433.220). The punishment fixed was a term of four years in the state penitentiary. The defendant contends that he was entitled to a directed verdict of not guilty because the prosecution’s evidence was insufficient to make a submissible jury case. He also asserts that the portion of the verdict of the jury which determined the extent of punishment “is so…