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Lee v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided October 18, 1935PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion op the Court by

Drury, Commissioner—

Affirming. .

About 8 p. m. Saturday, May 4, 1935, James Townes was killed and robbed, and, upon his separate trial under an indictment charging him and Richard Washington with this murder, Bennie Lee was" convicted, his punishment fixed at death, and he has appealed.

Townes was slain in Bennie Lee’s home, with Lee’s axe, and Lee got and later lost in a crap game some $8 of the money taken off the dead man after he was slain. Lee testifies to the above, but says he did not strike Townes or know Washington was going to strike him and he merely received…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Rutherford v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1880
  2. Berry v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929
  3. Bradley v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1923
  4. Tate v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1935
  5. Carney v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1918

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. United States v. Felix WallsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1971
  2. Broyles v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1954
  3. Commonwealth v. EvansMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
  4. Powell v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938
  5. Clair v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1937

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