Legal Opinion

Harris v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided December 14, 1956PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOGG, Judge.

Appellant, James Harris, was convicted in the Campbell Circuit Court of the crime of pandering and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for three years. The judgment was affirmed and petition for rehearing was denied by this Court. Harris v. Commonwealth, Ky., 285 S.W.2d 489. The present appeal is from an order of the Circuit Court overruling a motion to vacate and set aside the judgment and an order forfeiting the appeal bond.

The basis for the motion to vacate and set aside the judgment is that: (1) a member of the jury which tried appellant was employed by or associated…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  2. United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  3. Carter v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  4. Matter of Lyons v. GoldsteinNew York Court of Appeals · 1943
  5. Hysler v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942

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3Cited by46 opinions

  1. Gross v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Barnett v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1998
  3. State v. D'ONOFRIOCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1959
  4. McIntosh v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1963
  5. State of West Virginia v. Orville M. HuttonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2015

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