Legal Opinion

Fugate v. Commonwealth

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided November 21, 2001No. 1998-SC-0912-MRPublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COOPER, Justice.

On July 8, 1995, two people were killed and a third injured when their vehicle was struck head-on by another vehicle being operated in the wrong lane of travel by Appellant, Garroll Seldon Fugate. Appellant’s blood alcohol level was later determined to be 0.26g/100ml. Following a trial by jury in the Montgomery Circuit Court, Appellant was convicted of two counts of manslaughter in the second degree and one count of assault in the second degree. He was sentenced to ten years on each count to run consecutively for a total imprisonment of thirty years. He appeals to this Court…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Peretz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. New York v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Commonwealth v. BurgeKentucky Supreme Court · 1997
  4. Paul Clark v. James Stinson, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
  5. Wilson v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1992

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Caudill v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2003
  2. Hudson v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2006
  3. Commonwealth v. McGormanKentucky Supreme Court · 2016
  4. Parson v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2004
  5. Commonwealth v. B.J.Kentucky Supreme Court · 2007

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