Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Strickland
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided February 14, 1964PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PALMORE, Judge.
On December 24, 1959, while awaiting trial in the criminal division of the Jefferson Circuit Court on an indictment charging him with the felony of carrying concealed a deadly weapon (KRS 435.230), the appel-lee, Strickland, was committed to Central State Hospital at Lakeland for a 35-day observation. KRS 202.120. Theréafter, on February 11, 1960, pursuant to a civil inquest in the Jefferson Circuit Court under KRS 202.005 et seq. he was adjudged to be of unsound mind. In April of 1960 the medical authorities at the hospital, in whose custody Strickland had remained since…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Murrell v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1942
- Davidson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
- Southers v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1925
- Sharp v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1948
- Cannon v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
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3Cited by29 opinions
- James Edward Pate v. Steve Smith, Warden of Kentucky State Reformatory Attorney General of the Commonwealth of KentuckyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
- Thursby v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1966
- Matthews v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1971
- Dye v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1972
- Via v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1975
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