Legal Opinion
Thomas v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided September 26, 1996No. 95-SC-234-DGPublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Justice.
Today we are called upon to review our decision in Stark v. Commonwealth), Ky., 828 S.W.2d 603 (1992), which holds in part that a robbery indictment is void if it fails to specifically allege that a person was robbed. After thoughtful review and for the reasons detailed below, we overrule that portion of Stark.
On January 27, 1987, Kirt D. Thomas was sentenced to life imprisonment for first-degree robbery. This Court upheld Thomas’s conviction and sentence on direct appeal. Thomas’s subsequent RCr 11.42 motion was denied.
Years later, Thomas filed a pro se motion to vacate the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Wylie v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1977
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