MASON v. COMMONWEALTH


357 S.W.2d 667 (1962)

Louis MASON, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 18, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph S. Freeland, Paducah, for appellant.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., John B. Browning, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


PALMORE, Judge.

The appellant, Louis Mason, was convicted of storehouse breaking, KRS 433.190, and sentenced to one year in prison. He neither testified nor offered any other evidence in defense, but stood on a motion for a peremptory at the close of the state's case. The only question is whether the evidence was sufficient to support a conviction. We think that it barely was.

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