Legal Opinion
Hamilton v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided March 19, 1976PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, Justice.
On April 19, 1974, Daryl Hamilton was convicted in the Kenton Circuit Court on a charge of storehouse breaking.
The indictment upon which he was charged and convicted contained two counts, and was returned by the grand jury on January 16, 1974. The first count charged Hamilton with the offense of storehouse breaking. The second count charged him with being an habitual criminal.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty on the charge of storehouse breaking, and fixed his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of four years. The jury found him not guilty of being an…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Burgett v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Thomas v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1969
- Copeland v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1967
- Hubbs v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1974
- Robinson v. KierenCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1949
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Allen Dale Canary v. Dr. David H. Bland, Commissioner of Corrections, Commonwealth of KentuckyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978
- Robert Lee White v. Dewey Sowders, Superintendent, Kentucky State Reformatory and Robert F. Stephens, Attorney General of KentuckyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
- Schooley v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1977
- Buchanan v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1983
- Allen Dale Canary v. Dr. David H. Bland, Commissioner of Corrections, Commonwealth of KentuckyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978
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