Legal Opinion

McQueen v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided June 27, 1969PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REED, Judge.

Charles Sammy McQueen was convicted by a jury of the offense of storehouse breaking and his punishment fixed at five years in the penitentiary. At the same trial he was also convicted under the habitual criminal statute and his punishment fixed at life imprisonment. KRS 431.190. On this appeal from a judgment sentencing him to life imprisonment, McQueen’s sole ground for reversal is that the evidence introduced by the Commonwealth on the storehouse-breaking charge was insufficient to permit *144submission of the issue of his guilt to the jury. There is no issue concerning McQueen’s…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Abrams v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1951
  2. Clark v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1941
  3. Davidson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
  4. Sparks v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1953

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Jones v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1970
  2. Howe v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1971

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