Little v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
1Opinion of the Court
SIMS, Chief Justice.
Ray Little was convicted of knowingly receiving stolen property worth in excess of •$20 and was sentenced to the penitentiary for two years. He assigns but one ground for reversal of the judgment, the evidence -is insufficient to sustain the verdict and his motion for a peremptory instruction should have been sustained.
The bill of exceptions, which is in narrative form, shows these facts. The Commonwealth proved that O. T. Asbury, one Sunday morning, noticed a truck with a “load of stuff” on it “stuck in the creek”. Thereupon, he notified Fred Cable, deputy sheriff of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Abshire v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1940
- De Attley v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1949
- Cole v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
- Kenney v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1923
- Gossett v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938
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