Benton v. Crittenden

Opinion of the court by

Justice COOPER.

Gary Benton was indicted by a federal grand jury for the offenses of “carjacking,” 18 U.S.C. § 2119, and use of a firearm during a crime of violence, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). A trial by jury resulted in a general verdict of not guilty. Benton was subsequently indicted by a Franklin County, Kentucky, grand jury on charges of murder, kidnapping and robbery in the first degree, all arising out of the same incident which gave rise to the federal indictment. The Franklin Circuit Court dismissed the indictment for murder as barred by collateral estoppel, KRS…