Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided May 6, 1966PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Judge.
Appellant Francis Wilson was convicted of storehouse breaking as a third offender and given a sentence of life imprisonment. He appeals from the judgment of the Monroe Circuit Court.
The basic facts are as follows: O. E. Comer, the operator of a general store located about nine miles from Tompkinsville, in Monroe County, testified that on June 6, 1964, around midnight, the burglar alarm went off and two men were seen running from the store carrying a satchel. Tomp-kinsville city policeman Joe Petitt and city police judge Elmer Turner and state trooper Robert Stivers were called…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Fay v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- State v. FerroneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1921
- Richard Lane v. Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Winstead v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2009
- Caine v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1973
- Wilson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1966
- Thomas v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1969
- Francis Wilson v. Martin J. Wiman, Superintendent, Kentucky State ReformatoryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967
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