Legal Opinion
Phillips v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided December 9, 1977PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REED, Justice.
Eugene Phillips was indicted and tried for the offense of first-degree robbery, KRS 515.020, and for being a persistent felony offender, KRS 532.080. The jury convicted Phillips of first-degree robbery and fixed his punishment at 15 years’ imprisonment. On the second stage of the bifurcated trial, the jury convicted Phillips of being a persistent felony offender, and he was sentenced to 40 years’ imprisonment.
Phillips attacks only the conviction of being a persistent felony offender.
Phillips was convicted in the Letcher Circuit Court of the offense of storehouse breaking in 1942…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Carnley v. CochranSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Burgett v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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