Legal Opinion

Port v. Commonwealth

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided July 10, 1995No. 93-SC-460-MRPublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEPHENS, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Jonathan Port, was convicted in Warren Circuit Court of intentional murder but mentally ill and sentenced to life, criminal attempt to commit murder but mentally ill and sentenced to twenty years, and wanton endangerment in the first degree but mentally ill and sentenced to five years. The indeterminate sentences are to run concurrently with the life sentence. Port appeals to this Court as a matter of right.

Appellant entered Stel’s Diner in Smith’s Grove, Kentucky and fired two shots at customers sitting at a table in the restaurant. One shot hit Robert…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  3. Rhode Island v. InnisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Jenkins v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Wainwright v. GreenfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1986

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Brown v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1996
  2. Fields v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2001
  3. Welborn v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2005
  4. Watkins v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2003
  5. Urella v. Kentucky Board of Medical LicensureKentucky Supreme Court · 1997

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