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Blanton v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided October 13, 1925PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court ry

Commissioner Sandidge

Reversing.

Appellant, Jack Blanton, shot and killed Jeff Napier in Harlan county, Kentucky, on August 11, 1924. On August 22nd the grand jury indicted him. On September 3rd an order was entered in the cause changing the venue from Harlan to Laurel county. The trial was had in the Laurel circuit court on November 11, 1924, and resulted in appellant being found guilty as charged. His punishment was fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for life. This appeal is prosecuted from the judgment thereupon entered, and presents the questions hereinafter…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Higgins v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1911
  2. Craft v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1883
  3. Collier v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1901
  4. Smith v. Galveston-Houston Electric Ry. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1924
  5. Willis v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1887

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MillenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
  2. Jones v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1933
  3. Adams v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1926
  4. Jarrell v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
  5. State v. FletcherNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1932

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