Legal Opinion

Parrish v. Commonwealth

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided April 10, 1979PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEPHENSON, Justice.

James Herbert Parrish was convicted of wilful murder, KRS 507.020, and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of twenty years in accordance with KRS 532.060. Parrish appeals; we affirm.

On the day of the incident, Parrish observed Billy Johnson, the victim, leaving a filling station near Parrish’s home. Parrish followed Johnson down the road. After Parrish blinked his lights at Johnson, both men stopped their vehicles, Johnson’s car several feet in front of Parrish’s pickup truck. A passerby saw Johnson standing *562near the cab of the pickup truck. The passerby stopped at a place…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Hunt v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1971
  3. McGill v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1963
  4. Green v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1977
  5. Amos v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1974

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. TribbleSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1981
  2. Thompson v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1983
  3. Buchanan v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Wilson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1994
  5. Fultz v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1979

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