Grider v. Commonwealth

GARDNER, Commissioner.

Sid Grider was convicted of and his sentence fixed at one year for the crime denounced by KRS 433.290, commonly referred to as “Receiving stolen property.” Grider contends that the court erred in permitting evidence of other offenses and in failing to instruct the jury on the requisite intent to commit the offense.

We are of the opinion Instruction No. 1 was fatally defective. It was as follows :

“The Court instructs the .jury if you believe from the evidence to the exclusion of a reasonable doubt that the defendant, Sid Grider, did in Warren County, Kentucky, before the…