Legal Opinion
Copeland v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided June 2, 1967PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CULLEN, Commissioner.
Sam Copeland, who is serving a life sentence in the state penitentiary as an habitual criminal pursuant to a 1946 judgment of the Muhlenberg Circuit Court upon a verdict which found him guilty of storehouse breaking and of having in 1927 and 1938 been convicted in the McCracken Circuit Court of previous felonies, filed a motion in the McCracken Circuit Court under CR 60.02 to set aside the 1927 and 1938 convictions on the ground that he did not have counsel at the trials which resulted in those convictions. (This was a preliminary step designed hopefully to lead…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gayes v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Smith v. BuchananCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1942
- Wilson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1966
3Cited by18 opinions
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- Hammonds v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1968
- Alvey v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1983
- Allen Dale Canary v. Dr. David H. Bland, Commissioner of Corrections, Commonwealth of KentuckyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978
- Thomas v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1969
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