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Ferguson v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided May 17, 1974PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CULLEN, Commissioner.

On a jury trial, Howard E. Ferguson and Teddy Melvin were found guilty of rape, armed robbery, and taking a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent. Judgment in accordance with the verdict imposed the following sentences of confinement: Ten years for the rape; life for the armed robbery; and one year for the motor vehicle theft. Ferguson and Melvin have appealed from the judgment of conviction, asserting numerous grounds of error.

The prosecuting witness, a young married woman, testified that Ferguson and Melvin approached her as she was about to enter her car in a…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. Jett v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1969
  4. Mark Coppedge v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1959
  5. United States of America Ex Rel. Edward Doggett, 46985 v. Howard D. Yeager, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Murrell Toby Hockenbury, III v. Dewey Sowders, Superintendent, Kentucky State Penitentiary, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
  2. Murphy v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1983
  3. Morris v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1989
  4. Wilson v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1980
  5. State v. FrankNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1979

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