Legal Opinion

Jones v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided May 26, 1967PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Frank Jones appeals from a judgment sentencing him to life imprisonment pursuant to a verdict convicting him of murder.

Appellant’s primary contention is that the evidence was not sufficient to establish the corpus delicti or his guilt. Lil-lard Bond and Jack Harris, who were tried separately for their participation in the same murder here involved and were con*343victed of voluntary manslaughter, made the same contention as to insufficiency of the evidence on their appeal. The contention was rejected in the decision on that appeal. See Bond and Harris v. Commonwealth, Ky.,…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Harris v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Gouled v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
  3. United States v. LefkowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  4. United States v. Samson EisnerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1962
  5. United States v. Philip J. Howell, A/K/A James Colburne HowardCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1956

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Basham v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Rawls v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2014
  3. Rutledge v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
  4. Stephens v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1975
  5. Basham v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1984

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