HOPKINS v. COMMONWEALTH


328 S.W.2d 419 (1959)

Joe HOPKINS, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 16, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanders & Redwine, Pikeville, for appellant.

Jo M. Ferguson, Atty. Gen., William E. Allender, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

Joe Hopkins was found guilty of uttering a forged check, KRS 434.130, and judgment was entered imposing a two-year sentence. He appeals, asserting several grounds of error.

The check in question was drawn by the Truax-Traer Coal Company on the Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, Illinois, payable to Marie Allen James. The evidence for the Commonwealth was that Hopkins and one Clyde Parker Crum came into the...

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