Legal Opinion

Carter v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided April 23, 1935PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Richardson

Af- : firming.

From a judgment .sentencing him to the state reformatory for life for the crime of murder, Clyde Carter appeals, insisting his motion for continuance was improperly overruled; the court failed to give the jury ;the whole law of the case and improperly failed to admonish the jury as to. the purpose of certain testimony.

To support the motion for continuance, he filed .affidavits of himself and attorneys.' In his original affidavit he states in detail the time and place of the commission of the crime; hostile demonstrations toward him -of a…

2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. Shepherd v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930
  2. Allen v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
  3. Crenshaw v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
  4. Rutherford v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1878
  5. Ratliff v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1918

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Tarrence v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1953
  2. Davenport v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1941
  3. Drake v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1936
  4. Pueblo v. Rodríguez CorreaSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1963
  5. Asher v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1955

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