Legal Opinion

Jerard Garrett v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided December 14, 2017No. 2016-SC-000263-MRUnknownCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

JUSTICE VANMETER

Jerard Garrett appeals as a matter of right from a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court sentencing him to life in prison without the possibility of parole for twenty-five years for two counts of murder, two counts of first-degree robbery, one count of first-degree wanton endangerment, and one count of terroristic threatening. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment and sentence.

I. BACKGROUND.

In one indictment, a Jefferson County grand jury charged Garrett and his co-defendant, Billy Richardson, with one count each of murder, first-degree…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Commonwealth v. EnglishKentucky Supreme Court · 1999
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  5. Brown v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2010

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Whaley v. CommonwealthMissouri Court of Appeals · 2019
  2. Doyle v. DoyleMissouri Court of Appeals · 2018
  3. Charles Lamar Richardson v. Commonwealth of KentuckyKentucky Supreme Court · 2020
  4. Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Barbara BurkeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2022
  5. Commonwealth of Kentucky v. James Neal HensleyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2020

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