Legal Opinion
Trowel v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided April 1, 1977PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PALMORE, Justice.
George Leslie Trowel, Jr., was convicted of murder under KRS 507.020(l)(a) and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals, claiming among other things that the trial culminating in his conviction violated the constitutional protections against double jeopardy. Cf. Amendments 5 and 14, U.S. Constitution; Sec. 13, Kentucky Constitution.
On September 8, 1975, a grand jury of Franklin County indicted Trowel for the capital offense of murder during the com mission of first degree rape. The indictment was drawn under KRS 507.020(2), which classified murder as a Class A felony except…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Logan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Kimbrough v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1977
- Boyd v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1977
- Cornwell v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1975
- Moore v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1969
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3Cited by121 opinions
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- Payne v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1981
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