Legal Opinion
Henderson v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided March 22, 1974PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PALMORE, Justice.
George Thomas Henderson appeals from a judgment sentencing him to life imprisonment pursuant to the verdict of a jury finding him guilty of murder. KRS 435.-010. For the reasons hereinafter stated, we have reached the conclusion that the conviction must be reversed for a new trial.
Around midnight of December 19-20, 1972, Mrs. Mary Evelyn Wilson was killed in her home on Preston Street in Louisville. Her death resulted from several blows on the head, evidently inflicted by a hammer. >
As best we can make out from the evidence, the' house in which Mrs. Wilson lived consisted of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Bradley v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1969
- Caine v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1973
- Napier v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1968
- Salisbury v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1967
- Terry v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1963
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. KostkaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Martin v. O'DanielKentucky Supreme Court · 2016
- Morton v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1991
- Edwards v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1977
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