Kokas v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from Fayette Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Settle
Reversing.
Tlie appellant, Louis Kokas, following his indictment for the crime of rape, alleged to (have been committed upon the person of Nannie May Clem, a female under 12 years- of age, was tried in the court bel-ow, by verdict of tlie jury found guilty of the crime charged and given, by way of punishment, the death penalty to be inflicted by hanging. He was refused a new trial and has appealed from the judgment entered upon the verdict.
One of the grounds urged by the appellant for a reversal of-the judgment is, that error wias committed by the trial court…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Maurer v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
- Board of Penitentiary Commissioners v. SpencerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
- Gladden v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1868
- Prine v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1851
- Kaelin v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1886
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Little v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1934
- Powell v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1961
- Harris v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Boreing v. BeardCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
- Lett v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1940
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