Legal Opinion

Yates v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided January 29, 1965PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIS, Commissioner.

Stanford Yates prosecutes this appeal from an order of the McCracken Circuit Court which overruled his RCr 11.42 motion to vacate his prior conviction in that court for armed robbery. The challenged order was entered after a hearing, at which appellant appeared in person and with counsel appointed for him by the trial court. *451The trial court furnished appellant a transcript of the proceedings at the RCr 11.42 hearing, which transcript is before us on this appeal.

In his motion to vacate appellant recited nine separate grounds upon which he bases his entitlement to have the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. Carson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1964

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Dale Leroy Konvalin v. Maurice H. Sigler, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
  2. Graves v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2012
  3. Benoit v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1966
  4. Stanford Yates v. John W. Wingo, Warden, Kentucky State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
  5. Dupin v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1966

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