Legal Opinion
Hardin v. Summitt
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided February 16, 1982PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AKER, Justice.
Movant Curtis Anthony Hardin filed a petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus in the Oldham Circuit Court on January 27, 1981 challenging the propriety of his imprisonment for contempt under the authority of KRS 421.140.
Hardin was subpoenaed to appear as a witness on behalf of the Commonwealth in the cases of Commonwealth v. Jack Joe Holland (81—SC—113-1) and Commonwealth v. Larry Thomas James (81-SC-114—I). He refused to testify or give any legal excuse for such refusal upon being called as a witness in the Oldham Circuit Court on December 15, 1980 and again on January 8, 1981. The…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Shillitani v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Bloom v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Maggio v. ZeitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Young v. KnightCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1959
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