Legal Opinion
Howard v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided July 7, 1981PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Appellate Patrick Howard was tried by a jury, found guilty of the murder of Harold Baker in violation of KRS 507.020, and sentenced to twenty years in prison. Patrick appeals to this court as a matter of right. We reverse.
On December 2,1979, police found Harold Baker’s bullet-riddled automobile abandoned on a back road in Bell County. The body of Harold Baker was found in the woods about 75 feet away from the car. The victim had been shot numerous times in the head and chest, and had been partially buried under leaves and pine needles.
It was the Commonwealth’s theory that…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Trowel v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1977
- Webster v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1974
- Simpson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1950
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