Legal Opinion
Powell v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided March 24, 1961Published
1Opinion of the Court
346 S.W.2d 731 (1961)
Huston Allen POWELL, Appellant,
v.
COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky.
March 24, 1961.
Rehearing Denied June 23, 1961.
John Y. Brown, Brown, Sledd & McCann, Lexington, for appellant.
John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., Wm. F. Simpson, and William A. Watson, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.
STANLEY, Commissioner.
The appellant, Huston A. Powell, is under a sentence of death for the murder of his wife. On a first trial he pleaded innocent, but was found guilty and the death penalty was imposed. The verdict was set aside for improper argument of the…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Frank v. MangumSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Crooker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- People v. MoranNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
- Frank v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
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