Legal Opinion

Hack v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided November 8, 1968PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILLIAMS, Judge.

Appellant Kenneth Hack was found guilty of storehouse breaking by a jury in the McCracken Circuit Court. Punishment was fixed at three years in the penitentiary. His sole question on this appeal is stated thusly:

“Is the fingerprint evidence introduced by the Commonwealth insufficient as a matter of law to support appellant’s conviction of storehouse breaking where that evidence alone connects the appellant with the said offense?”

The plate glass front door of Mar jel’s Cocktail Lounge in Paducah was shattered, entry was made and a quantity of liquor removed between the hours of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Mason v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1962

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State v. TurnipseedSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
  2. Commonwealth v. ClarkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  3. Commonwealth v. CichySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  4. State v. MaresNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1971
  5. Commonwealth v. DolanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981

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