Legal Opinion

Little v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided June 19, 1953PublishedCited by 4 opinions

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

  1. Abshire v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1940
  2. De Attley v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1949
  3. Cole v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
  4. Kenney v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1923
  5. Gossett v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Winn v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1957
  2. Martin v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1955
  3. Moore v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1972
  4. Alexander v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1963

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