Lovell v. Commonwealth

WILHOIT, Judge.

Monty Joe Lovell appeals from his conviction in the Madison Circuit Court of the offense of agreeing to accept a sum of money to influence his vote as a member of the Richmond City Commission. He received a sentence of imprisonment for one year.

The appellant contends that the Commonwealth failed to prove that he agreed to accept money and that at most the evidence *431showed that he talked about what it would take to influence him. According to the appellant, in order to establish that he had agreed to accept money for his vote the statute requires that the prosecution show an…