Legal Opinion

Cohron v. Commonwealth

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided March 18, 2010No. 2007-SC-000483-MRPublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*492Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice MINTON.

David Thomas Cohron appeals his convictions for first-degree fleeing and evading, first-degree wanton endangerment, receiving stolen property over $300, two counts of second-degree escape, fourth-degree assault, reckless driving, and being a first-degree persistent felony offender (PFO 1). He argues that the trial court abused its discretion when it consolidated all the charges for trial. Cohron also argues he was entitled to a lesser included offense instruction for third-degree escape after the Commonwealth failed to establish that he had been…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Winstead v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2009
  4. Harp v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2008
  5. United States v. William Allen Jones, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Peacher v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2013
  2. Doneghy v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2013
  3. Murray v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2013
  4. Jerard Garrett v. Commonwealth of KentuckyKentucky Supreme Court · 2017
  5. Whaley v. CommonwealthMissouri Court of Appeals · 2019

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