Legal Opinion
Hanks v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided March 17, 1933PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Rees
— Affirming.
Kenneth Hanks, Earnest Cole Henry, and Joe No-land were jointly indicted and tried for the crime of housebreaking. They were convicted and the punishment of each was fixed at three years’ confinement in the state penitentiary. Kenneth Hanks alone has appealed and a number of grounds for a reversal of the judgment are advanced which will be considered in the order in which they are argued in appellant’s brief.
One of the grounds is alleged insufficiency of the evidence and this requires a brief resume' of the facts. On June 2, 1932, seven or eight…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Armstrong v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1921
- Divine v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930
- St. Clair v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
- Ridner v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
- Wooten v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
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3Cited by13 opinions
- James v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Colbert v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1957
- Scott v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1973
- Anderson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1962
- Byrd v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1955
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