Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Padilla
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided January 24, 2008No. 2006-SC-000321-DGPublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Chief Justice LAMBERT.
This Court granted the Commonwealth’s motion for discretionary review. It seeks reversal of the Court of Appeals opinion remanding to the trial court for an eviden-tiary hearing on Appellee’s ineffective assistance of counsel claim pursuant to RCr 11.42.
Appellee Jose Padilla is a native of Honduras who has lived in this country for decades. He served in the United States military during the Vietnam War. Padilla was indicted by the Hardin County Grand Jury for trafficking in more than five pounds of marijuana, possession of marijuana, possession of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- United States v. Kwok Chee Kwan, AKA Jeff KwanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
- Derrick Downs-Morgan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by44 opinions
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