Legal Opinion

Coleman v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided October 22, 1948Published

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

’Judge Latimer

Affirming.

Upon appeal in a former trial of this case the judgment was reversed. 304 Ky. 115, 200 S. W. 2d 151. Upon retrial of the case the jury again returned a verdict of guilty and fixed appellant’s punishment at 21 years confinement in the penitentiary. He prosecutes this appeal.

The evidence on the second trial was substantially the same as in the first trial, and we deem it entirely unnecessary to make a repetition of that evidence. Appellant is now urging 3 grounds of reversal: (1) The court did not have jurisdiction to try the case. (2) The court…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Coleman v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1947
  2. Baker v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1948

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