Legal Opinion
Blake v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided March 9, 1983PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEIBSON, Justice.
This case involves interpretation and application of the harmless error rule.
Movant, Darrell Wayne Blake, was tried in Todd Circuit Court on the charge of shooting and killing David Grissom. He was tried for first-degree manslaughter, convicted of second-degree manslaughter, and sentenced to five (5) years’ imprisonment. The conviction was affirmed by the Court of Appeals.
This is the second appeal. Blake was first tried for murder and convicted of first-degree manslaughter. This first conviction was reversed by the Supreme Court of Kentucky on grounds that the instructions…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Abernathy v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1969
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Frank Daniel Williams v. Robert F. Zahradnick and the Attorney General of the State of VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1980
- Niemeyer v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1976
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3Cited by34 opinions
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