Legal Opinion
Hammershoy v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided February 4, 1966PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PALMORE, Judge.
Appellant, Walter Hammershoy, was convicted of armed robbery (KRS 433.140) and sentenced to life imprisonment by a judgment of the Pike Circuit Court entered on March 11, 1965. An indigent, he was represented at the trial by court-appointed counsel. On the day the judgment was entered his counsel filed a notice of appeal (RCr 12.52) in his behalf and appellant himself, pro se, moved the court to designate an attorney to prosecute the appeal. The motion was supported by an appropriate affidavit and recited the following circumstances:
“His attorney assigned by the Court has…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Lane v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- McIntosh v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1963
- Maye v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1965
- Jones v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1965
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Evitts v. LuceySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- People v. MooreIllinois Supreme Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. WineKentucky Supreme Court · 1985
- Kenneth Lee Benoit v. John Will Wingo, Warden Kentucky State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
- State v. MillerOhio Court of Appeals · 1988
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