Legal Opinion
Miller v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided December 9, 1930PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Willis
Affirming.
William Miller was convicted of the crime of murder, and condemned to suffer the penalty of death by electrocution. He has prosecuted an appeal, assigning for reversal of the judgment several separate grounds, which will be discussed and disposed of in the course of the opinion.
Miller, a colored man, came upon the premises of Mrs. Gertrude Neiderloh, a white woman, and shot her to death. He then shot and killed Henry Brummer, a colored man, who was engaged in some repair work on the premises of the woman. The conviction under review was for the…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Jacobson v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Commonwealth v. SturtivantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Moore v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
- Crenshaw v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
- Bast v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1907
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3Cited by12 opinions
- United States v. EdwardsUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1992
- Broyles v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1954
- United States v. OlsonUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1956
- Murrell v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1942
- Maggard v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1935
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