FREEMAN v. COMMONWEALTH


477 S.W.2d 133 (1972)

Percy Odell FREEMAN, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 4, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew B. Quinn, Jr., Louisville, for appellant.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., Douglas E. Johnson, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


EDWARD P. HILL, Jr., Judge.

The appeal is from a judgment entered on the verdict of a jury under a charge of maliciously attempting to burn a building (KRS 433.050).

The appellant relies on two arguments for reversal: (1) The indictment was defective in that it did not charge that he "wilfully" committed the act charged; and (2) the evidence was not sufficient to support the submission of the case to the jury or the verdict rendered.

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