Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Reyes
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided January 19, 1989No. 87-SC-712-TGPublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
This case comes before us on an appeal by the Commonwealth of Kentucky from an order by Honorable John C. Lovett, sitting as Special Circuit Judge in Christian County. The order appealed from is one sustaining a motion by Reyes to compel the Commonwealth to carry out its written plea bargain agreement.
The plea bargain agreement itself arose from a crime which Judge Lovett describes as “one of the most heinous and infamous in Christian County history.” Two soldiers from Fort Campbell held up a liquor store near the base. They took a large amount of cash. They took jewelry…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Olmstead v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Weatherford v. BurseySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Ricketts v. AdamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- United States v. William Eugene CarterCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
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