Commonwealth v. Hillebrand

JONES, Justice.

Appellee Robert B. Hillebrand, Director of Building and Housing for the City of *567Louisville, was indicted under KRS 432.350 for accepting a bribe; and Appellee Douglas Lee Powers was indicted under KRS 431.160 for having been an accessory before the fact of accepting a bribe. The indictment was returned in November 1971 (the alleged offenses having occurred in September 1971), and the defendants were tried in the Jefferson Circuit Court on May 11, 1973. At the close of the evidence for the Commonwealth and upon motion of defendants’ counsel the trial court directed a verdict of…