Scott v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Latimer

Affirming.

The appellant, Charles Scott, having been indicted for burglary, was tried, convicted and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. He complains.

He contends, first, that the Commonwealth was permitted erroneously to introduce incompetent evidence, and, second, that the court erred in refusing to sustain appellant’s motion for a directed verdict.

-Under contention 1 he insists that the Commonwealth, by improper and incompetent evidence concerning other crimes, created an atmosphere of crime extremely prejudicial to him. The complaint with…