Legal Opinion

Coomer v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided March 1, 1949PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Sims—

Overruling motion.

Swoonie Coomer has filed a motion here for an appeal from what he claims was a conviction of flourishing a deadly weapon where his punishment was fixed at a fine of $100 and confinement in the county jail for ten days. The record upon which his appeal is attempted to he prosecuted is as incomplete and as poorly made-up as any the writer has ever seen in this court.

There is some doubt in our minds as to whether there is a verdict in the record since all that appears is, “Jury and verdict $50, and 10 days in Jail.” This purported…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Gosney v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1949

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Wilson v. RussellKentucky Supreme Court · 2005
  2. Lee v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1949
  3. American Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. PattersonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1951
  4. Brown v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1960
  5. Helton v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1958

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