Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Phon
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided April 20, 2000No. 1998-SC-0836-CLPublished
1Opinion of the Court
17 S.W.3d 106 (2000)
COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellant,
v.
Sophal PHON, Appellee.
No. 1998-SC-0836-CL.
Supreme Court of Kentucky.
March 23, 2000.
As Corrected April 20, 2000.
Albert B. Chandler III, Attorney General of Kentucky, David A. Smith, Dana M. Todd, Assistant Attorneys General, Criminal Appellate Division, Frankfort, for appellant.
Thomas M. Ransdell, Assistant Public Advocate, Department of Public Advocacy, Frankfort, for appellee.
LAMBERT, Chief Justice.
The issue here is whether a sentence of life without parole may be imposed for a capital offense even though that penalty did not exist at…
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Biddle v. PerovichSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Commonwealth v. PhonKentucky Supreme Court · 2000
- Ledford v. FaulknerKentucky Supreme Court · 1983
- Hudson v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1980
- City of Bowling Green v. Board of EducationCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1969
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