Brown v. Commonwealth

This case is before us on delayed appeal from a final judgment order entered on March 4, 1970 upon the jury’s verdict finding defendant Ronald Duane Brown guilty of statutory burglary and fixing his punishment at five years in the penitentiary.

The sole issue involved is the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction.

During the night of December 15, 1969 the Cabell Shop, a women’s dress shop in Richmond, was burglarized and a large quantity of clothing and thirty blank checks were stolen.

On the evening of December 17, 1969 the desk clerk at Holiday Tnn West, a motel in Richmond,…