Legal Opinion
Jackson v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided March 21, 2013No. 2011-SC-000390-MRPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Justice SCOTT.
A Clay Circuit Court jury found Appellant, Clayton Jackson, guilty of three counts of murder and one count of first-degree arson. For these crimes, he was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
He now appeals as a matter of right, Ky. Const. § 110(2)(b), alleging that the trial court erroneously: (1) entered non-unanimous verdicts or, in the alternative, failed to grant his motion for a directed verdict; (2) denied his motion to designate a particular juror as an alternate; (3) permitted prosecutorial misconduct and misstate-*909raents…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Commonwealth v. BenhamKentucky Supreme Court · 1991
- Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. v. ThompsonKentucky Supreme Court · 2000
- Commonwealth v. SawhillKentucky Supreme Court · 1983
- Brown v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2010
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3Cited by7 opinions
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