Legal Opinion
Hodge v. Coleman
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided January 25, 2008No. 2007-SC-000073-OAPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT BY JUSTICE MINTON AND ORDER GRANTING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
This case requires us to determine if indigent post-conviction petitioners are entitled to public funds for the travel expenses of their out-of-county witnesses in cases in which a court has determined that an evidentiary hearing is necessary to resolve the post-conviction motion. We unanimously held in Stopher v. Conliffe1 that Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS) 31.185 “does not apply to post-conviction proceedings.”2 Despite Stopher’,s sweeping prohibition against the application of KRS 31.185 to…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Atkins v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Hoskins v. MaricleKentucky Supreme Court · 2004
- Bender v. EatonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1961
- Smith v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1987
- Epperson v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1991
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Estate of Cline v. WeddleKentucky Supreme Court · 2008
- Inverultra, S.A. v. WilsonKentucky Supreme Court · 2014
- Partin v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2011
- Gilbert v. McDonald-BurkmanKentucky Supreme Court · 2010
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