Hazel v. Commonwealth

WADDILL, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of grand larceny and sentenced to serve two years in the penitentiary. As grounds for reversal of the conviction it is urged that the court erred in refusing to grant a directed verdict of acquittal because: The evidence was insufficient to support the verdict and judgment, and it was conclusively established that appellant was so drunk he could not have had a “felonious intent” at the time he allegedly perpetrated the offense.

Charles Brooks testified that during the afternoon of April S, 1962, while he was working in a field…