Legal Opinion
Gilley v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided March 17, 1950PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Sims
Reversing*.
Buford Gilley was indicted under KRS 436.360 for operating* a lottery. He pleaded guilty under KRS 436.-250 of permitting* gambling on his premises and was fined $300, which he immediately paid. 'Thereafter the Commonwealth, acting through the Attorney General, moved the court under KRS 436.280 to forfeit for the use of the State $3331.50 in cash which was found on Gilley’s premises at the time he was arrested. From the judgment of the court sustaining this motion and forfeiting that sum to the Commonwealth, Gilley appeals.
Two grounds are urged for reversal: 1. the court erred in…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Rosen v. Superintendent of Police Le StrangeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
- Forte v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1936
- James v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1911
- Davies v. Mills Novelty Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1911
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3Cited by12 opinions
- United States v. Harris Leveson, Jr., of $16,833.00Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Collins v. Kentucky Lottery Corp.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 2012
- AB Long Music Company v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1968
- Commonwealth v. BrunoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- Gilley v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1950
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