Legal Opinion

Wooten v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided March 20, 1945PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion op the Court by

Van Sant, Commissioner

—Affirming.

Appellant, Wilson Wooten, was -convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of George Lundy. In seeking reversal of the judgment, he contends: (1) The verdict is not sustained by sufficient evidence, and appears to have been given under the influence of passion and prejudice; (2) the -court erred in its instructions, and failed to instruct on the whole law of the case; (3) the court erred in admitting incompetent and irrelevant evidence offered by the Commonwealth; and (4) the court erred in refusing to admit competent…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Gillis v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1924
  2. Fletcher v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1925
  3. Blanks v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
  4. Saylor v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1925
  5. Gibson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Jones v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1955
  2. Alexander v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1971
  3. Greenville v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1971
  4. Rose v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1967
  5. Wooten v. BuchananCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1949

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