Legal Opinion

Benoit v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided May 6, 1966PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HILL, Judge.

This appeal from a judgment overruling without a hearing appellant’s motion to vacate judgment, on a charge of armed robbery under which he was given a life sentence, raises the following six points: (1) That the trial court failed to instruct on the whole law of the case; (2) that the *707indictment charged three separate offenses, and that he was being tried on only one, thus constituting the introduction of incompetent evidence; (3) that he was denied a preliminary hearing; (4) that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel at his trial; (5) that he was denied an appeal;…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Carson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1964
  2. King v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1965
  3. McIntosh v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1963
  4. Hammershoy v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1966
  5. Rice v. DavisCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1963

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Kenneth Lee Benoit v. John Will Wingo, Warden Kentucky State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
  2. Gardner v. StateIdaho Supreme Court · 1967
  3. Newsome v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1970
  4. Chick v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1966
  5. Odewahn v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1966

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