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Beach v. Lady

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided December 11, 1953PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIMS, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment dismissing the petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by Claude Beach, a prisoner in the reformatory at LaGrange, against the warden thereof. The petition avers Beach was convicted of murder in the Harlan Circuit Court and given a life sentence, Beach v. Com., Ky., 246 S.W.2d 587, on an indictment which was not returned during a term of court, regular or special, and that the indictment was void.

The petition is rather long and we will not attempt to set it out, hut it will suffice to say it avers the date the indictment was returned, the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Anderson v. BuchananCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1943
  2. Beach v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1952
  3. Jones v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1937
  4. Thompson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1936
  5. Robinson v. KierenCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1949

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Trowel v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1977
  2. Board of Education of Jefferson County v. NicholsonKentucky Supreme Court · 1976
  3. Beach v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1955

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