Legal Opinion
Edwards v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided October 17, 1944PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Van Sant, Commissioner
Reversing.
On Sunday morning, June 27, 1943, at about 3:00 o’clock, the body of Carl Heitlauf was found alongside and about twenty (20) feet distant from, Valley Road in. Jefferson County, between Louisville' and Elizabeth-town. Two handkerchiefs were tied and knotted around his neck; a wound on the head appeared to have been caused by a blunt instrument. At about 8:00 o’clock on the morning of July 5, 1943, Lawrence B. Harvey, Wilma Haney, and appellant, Elbert Edwards, were arrested in Columbia County, Florida, after having been pursued by…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Brown v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Bast v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1907
- Davenport v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1941
- East v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1933
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Ice v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1984
- People v. HarrisNew York Court of Appeals · 2002
- Martin v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2005
- Anderson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1946
- Coates v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1971
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