Legal Opinion

Rodriguez v. Commonwealth

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided April 25, 2013No. 2012-SC-000049-MRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

Justice SCOTT.

A Christian Circuit Court jury found Appellant, Francisco Gilbertto Rodriguez, guilty of Class A felony incest. For this crime, Appellant received a sentence of thirty years’ imprisonment. He now appeals as a matter of right, Ky. Const. § 110(2)(b), alleging that: (1) the trial court erred by failing to grant his motion for a directed verdict because there was insufficient evidence of the victim’s age at the time of the offense, (2) the trial court issued erroneous jury instructions on his incest charge that denied him a unanimous verdict, and (3) retrial…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Schlup v. DeloSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  3. Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957

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