Howard v. Commonwealth

EDWARD P. HILL, Jr., Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment finding the appellants guilty of the crime of breaking and entering a dwelling house of another and of having been twice previously convicted of felonies under the Habitual Criminal Act (KRS 431.190) under which they were each given a life sentence.

For a reversal, the appellants list the two following arguments: (1) “The verdict is not supported by sufficient evidence” ; and (2) “the court erred in the instructions under the Habitual Criminal Act.”

Appellants filed a joint brief. Their first argument, that the verdict is not supported…