Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Reneer
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided August 6, 1987No. 86-SC-780-CLPublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT CERTIFYING THE LAW
The question is whether or not K.R.S. 532.055 (The Truth in Sentencing Statute) violates Section 28 of the Kentucky Constitution relating to the separation of powers among the separate departments of state government.
K.R.S. 532.055 provides as follows:
“(1) In all felony cases, the jury in its initial verdict will make a determination of not guilty, guilty, guilty but mentally ill, or not guilty by virtue of insanity, and no more.
“(2) Upon return of a verdict of guilty or guilty but mentally ill against a defendant, the court shall conduct a sentencing…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hopt v. People of Territory of UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- O'Bryan v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1982
- Ex Parte Auditor of Public AccountsKentucky Supreme Court · 1980
- Ex Parte FarleyKentucky Supreme Court · 1978
- Murphy v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1983
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3Cited by126 opinions
- Montgomery v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1991
- Mabe v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1994
- O'BRYAN v. HedgespethKentucky Supreme Court · 1995
- Thompson v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2004
- Roe v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2015
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