Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Scott
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided February 24, 2000No. 98-SC-0764-DGPublished
1Opinion of the Court
12 S.W.3d 682 (2000)
COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellant,
v.
Lashawndrick Demans SCOTT, Appellee.
No. 98-SC-0764-DG.
Supreme Court of Kentucky.
February 24, 2000.
Albert B. Chandler III, Attorney General of Kentucky, Dana M. Todd, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Appellate Division, Office of the Attorney General, Frankfort, for appellant.
Daniel C. Hicks, Katherine Hicks Demps, Hicks & Demps, Hopkinsville, for appellee.
LAMBERT, Chief Justice.
After jeopardy has attached in a criminal trial, a mistrial may not be declared unless there is a manifest necessity. For reasons of perceived hostility…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited16 opinions
- United States v. PerezSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Downum v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Trowel v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1977
- John Glover v. Norris W. McMackin WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991
- Grimes v. McAnultyKentucky Supreme Court · 1997
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