Legal Opinion
Hightower v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided March 28, 1941PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Sims, Commissioner
— Reversing.
The appellant, John Hightower, was convicted of raping Virginia Turner against her will and with force, an offense denounced by Section 1154, Kentucky Statutes, and he was sentenced to serve ten years in the penitentiary. He seeks to reverse the judgment because: (1) The verdict is flagrantly against the evidence; (2) the instructions were erroneous; (3) incompetent evidence was introduced against him.
The prosecuting witness, Virginia Turner, testified she was 23 years of age and a student of a school in Tennessee. She made an unexpected…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Carter v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
- Harlan v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
- Russell v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938
- Webb v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
- Muncey v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Strong v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1944
- Weinel v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1946
- Smith v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1963
- Hampton v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1948
- Reed v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1947
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