Legal Opinion
Jones v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided March 27, 1953PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WADDILL, Commissioner.
The appellant, Earl Jones, was convicted of assault with intent to kill as denounced by KRS 435.170(2) and sentenced to. three years in prison.
Numerous grounds are urged for reversal, but we shall consider only those grounds that appear in appellant’s motion for new trial which have not been abandoned on appeal. They are: (1) The verdict was a result of passion and prejudice and was flagrantly against the evidence; (2) relationship of one of the jurors to the prosecuting witness; and (3) erroneous instructions, -.
The evidence shows without contradiction that on January…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Miracle v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1912
- Owens v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1920
- Reed v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938
- Horton v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1951
- McIntosh v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938
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3Cited by12 opinions
- State v. MummeyMontana Supreme Court · 1994
- Grass v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1970
- Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1972
- Roney v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1985
- Commonwealth v. PottsKentucky Supreme Court · 1994
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