Lother v. Commonwealth

DAVIS, Commissioner.

Gerald R. Lother appeals from a judgment imposing penalty of one year’s imprisonment upon him pursuant to a jury’s finding him guilty of knowingly receiving stolen property. KRS 433.290. He asserts that a directed verdict of acquittal should have been given, and that if not, then the instructions were inadequate to present his theory of the case.

On February 13, 1966, appellant bought ten new shotguns from two men he had never seen before, and paid them $130 for the weapons. The transaction occurred after dark, on Sunday, at appellant’s used-car lot in Ashland. At the time…