Legal Opinion

Crum v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided October 4, 1940PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

Morris, Commissioner

Affirming.

Given five years imprisonment for shooting and killing Bee Bentley, appellant is asking ns to reverse the court’s judgment because of alleged prejudicial errors, in:(1) Overruling motion for a directed verdict;(2) Failure to instruct on the whole law of the ease, and(3) Pronouncing sentence on the same day of the term on which verdict was returned, contrary to the provisions of Section 283 of our Criminal Code.

Looking to ground No. 3, we find the record shows that the verdict was returned on September 15, 1939, and judgment rendered on the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. O'Brien v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1889
  2. Partin v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1923
  3. Thomas v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1922
  4. Miller v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929
  5. Reed v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Jones v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1948
  2. Shepherd v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1947
  3. Gross v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1943

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