Legal Opinion
Reeves v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided January 22, 1971PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Commissioner.
Troy Reeves was indicted for the willful murder of James Lee Johnson. Upon trial by jury, he was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed at imprisonment for twenty-one years. He seeks reversal of that conviction and assigns various charges of error, all of which relate to his claim that the trial court improperly admitted in evidence an incriminating confession. A related assignment of error deals with the failure of the trial court to admonish the jury concerning the confession.
The factual background of this bizarre and shocking affair is…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Bradley v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1969
- Carson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1964
- Blanton v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1968
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3Cited by16 opinions
- James v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Mills v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1999
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1978
- State v. WibergSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
- State v. WymanIdaho Supreme Court · 1976
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