Legal Opinion
Fry v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided May 14, 1935PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Richardson
Reversing.
In 1893, the Legislature enacted section 1159, Kentucky Statutes (Acts 1891-93, c. 182, p. 756, sec. 32), which fixed the punishment iof the common-law crimes of robbery and burglary at confinement in the penitentiary at not less than two nor mor© than ten years. In 1904, it enacted section 1159a (Acts 1904, c. 43, p. 117), prescribing the punishment for same crimes, committed by the means of explosives or any other force, at not less than two nor more than twenty years at confinement in the penitentiary.
The act of 1934 (chapter 52) merely…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- In Re KemmlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Wilkerson v. UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- O'Neil v. VermontSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- State v. BeckerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1892
- Board of Penitentiary Commissioners v. SpencerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Workman v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1968
- Fyffe v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1945
- Davis v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1942
- Clair v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1937
- Golden v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938
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