Case Name: Scott v. Commonwealth
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1924-12-19
Citations: 206 Ky. 286
Docket Number: 
Parties: Scott v. Commonwealth.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Reports
Volume: 206
Pages: 286–286

Head Matter:
Scott v. Commonwealth.
(Decided December 19, 1924.)
Appeal from Trimble Circuit Court.
Criminal Law — Motion for Peremptory Instruction Challenges Sufficiency of Evidence and Not its Admissibility. — Motion for peremptory instruction at close of Commonwealth’s case and at close of whole case challenges sufficiency of evidence, and not its admissibility for purpose of review.
EUGENE MOSLEY and CHARLES CARROLL for appellant.
PRANK E. DAUGHERTY, Attorney General, and GARDNER K. BYERS, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Opinion:
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Dietzman
Affirming.
Appellant was convicted of the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor and asks a reversal on the ground that the only evidence of his guilt was obtained by an illegal search of his person. The appellant did not object to this evidence when it was introduced, or move its exclusion after it had been introduced, but merely requested, at the close of the Commonwealth's case and at the close of the whole case, a peremptory instruction. It is settled that such a motion challenges tbe sufficiency of the evidence and not its admissibility. Therefore, the error, if any, in this case is not available on appeal. Mullins v. Commonwealth, 204 Ky. 445, 264 S. W. 1048.
Judgment affirmed.