Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Eldred

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided September 3, 1998No. 96-SC-788-TGPublished

1Opinion of the Court

973 S.W.2d 43 (1998)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellant,

v.

Frank ELDRED, Appellee.

No. 96-SC-788-TG.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

March 19, 1998.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing September 3, 1998.

A.B. Chandler, III, Attorney General, David A. Sexton, David A. Smith, Paul D. Gilbert, Assistant Attorneys General, Criminal Appellate Division, Frankfort, for Appellant.

Marie Allison, Assistant Public Advocate, Department for Public Advocacy, Frankfort, for Appellee.

JOHNSTONE, Justice.

We address a single issue in this appeal: whether the holding of Bullington v. Missouri, 451 U.S. 430, 101 S.Ct. 1852,…

Also in this document: Dissent · Stephens; Dissent · Lambert.

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  4. United States v. DiFrancescoSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Bullington v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1981

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