Legal Opinion

Shockley v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided June 9, 1967PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEINFELD, Judge.

On February 11, 1966, the dwelling of J. B. Tracy located in Allen County was broken into and a number of articles were taken from it. Truman Mays, the sheriff of that county and W. C. Smith, detective of the Kentucky State Police, investigated and traced a number of the stolen articles to Carl Pedigo. After interrogation, Pedigo *868confessed to the crime and implicated Stanley Shockley, the appellant herein. Without a warrant a deputy sheriff of Allen County arrested Shockley. He was held in jail for about a week and then permitted to make bail. On April 25, 1966, Shockley was…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Shell v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
  3. Johnston v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
  4. Cowan v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1966
  5. Ochsner v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1908

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Romans v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1977
  2. Whitehead v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1983
  3. Futrell v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1969
  4. Richardson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1972
  5. Cummings v. CommonwealthMissouri Court of Appeals · 2018

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