Legal Opinion
Barth v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided October 25, 2001No. 1999-SC-1027-MR, 1999-SC-1056-MRPublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COOPER, Justice.
On May 8, 1998, two individuals entered the home of Randall Jackson in Nelson County, Kentucky, bound him, blindfolded him, tortured him, stole his money and certain other valuables, then drove off in his wife’s Cadillac. Michael David Barth was arrested for these crimes on May 15, 1998. Two weeks later, Michael’s brother, Peter John (“P. J.”) Barth, IV, was arraigned in juvenile court and, on June 8, 1998, transferred to Nelson Circuit Court to be tried as an adult. Following a trial by jury, both brothers were found guilty of first-degree burglary, first-degree robbery,…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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