Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Goss

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided April 17, 2014No. 2011-SC-000780-DGPublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*621Opinion of the Court by

Justice NOBLE.

The Appellee, Christine Goss, was convicted of two counts of theft of identity under KRS 514.160 and found to be a persistent felony offender. Her convictions stem from allegations that she filed a tax return and obtained a tax refund in her daughter’s name, and that she opened credit card accounts and obtained checks using her ex-husband’s name. The Court of Appeals reversed both convictions, finding that there was insufficient proof that the Appellee committed identity theft and thus concluded that she was entitled to a directed verdict of acquittal.…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Commonwealth v. BenhamKentucky Supreme Court · 1991
  3. Martin v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2006
  4. Commonwealth v. SawhillKentucky Supreme Court · 1983
  5. Brewer v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2006

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. McNeil v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2015
  2. Crabtree v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2014
  3. Andrew Manuel v. Commonwealth of KentuckyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2022
  4. Angela Waugh v. Commonwealth of KentuckyKentucky Supreme Court · 2023
  5. Angela Waugh v. Commonwealth of KentuckyKentucky Supreme Court · 2023

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