Hopkins v. Commonwealth

STANLEY, Commissioner.

We sustain the motion of Joe Hopkins for an appeal from a judgment of guilt of the offense of escape from a lawful arrest. KRS 432.370(1).

The trial was upon a warrant on an appeal from a similar judgment in the quarterly court. The accusation may not have been sufficient as an indictment, but under the rule of liberality with which a warrant is regarded, we deem this warrant as having stated a public offense within the provisions of § 27 of the Criminal Code of Practice, especially since no motion was made to amend or make the warrant more specific. Bitzer v.…