Legal Opinion
Campbell County v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided September 8, 1988No. Nos. 87-SC-268-DG, 87-SC-332-TG and 88-SC-232-TGPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
LEIBSON, Justice.
These cases present a bizarre picture of convicted felons and parole violators fighting for the right to get into state prison, joining with county officials trying to put them there. We have decided they have that right.
These are prisoners held in county jails who have been ordered by circuit courts committed to the custody of the Kentucky Corrections Cabinet to carry out their sentence, but the Corrections Cabinet has refused their custody.
In each case the judgment or order directs the Sheriff of the County to deliver the prisoner into the custody of the Department of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. BryanSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Sekaquaptewa v. MacDonaldCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- Don Tate v. Richard Frey, Defendants-Third Party Commonwealth of Kentucky, Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
- Commonwealth v. O'HARRAHCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1953
- Kendrick v. BlandDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1981
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- CAMPBELL CTY. v. Ky. Corrections CabinetKentucky Supreme Court · 1988