Legal Opinion

Powell v. Commonwealth

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided April 20, 2006No. 2003-SC-0266-DGPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COOPÉR, Justice.

A Daviess Circuit Court jury convicted Appellant, Franklin Dean Powell, II, of reckless homicide, KRS 507.050, traffick*536ing in methamphetamine, KRS 218A.1435,1 and tampering with physical evidence, KRS 524.100. He was sentenced to two years in prison for the homicide conviction, five years for the trafficking conviction, and one year for the tampering conviction, all to run consecutively for a total of eight years in prison. The only issue raised by this appeal is whether the trial court erred by not directing a verdict of acquittal on the charge of reckless homicide. For the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BenhamKentucky Supreme Court · 1991
  2. People v. CrucianiNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  3. Lofthouse v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2000
  4. People v. PinckneyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1972
  5. Westrup v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1906

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Patrick v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2018
  2. Charlotte Hall v. Commonwealth of KentuckyKentucky Supreme Court · 2009
  3. Chazerae Me'lon Taylor, Sr. v. Commonwealth of KentuckyKentucky Supreme Court · 2020

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