Legal Opinion

Hicks v. Commonwealth

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided March 29, 1984PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEPHENSON, Justice.

Glen Hicks, Jr., was tried and convicted of the murders of Steven Sharkey and Raymond Holbrook. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. Hicks appeals his conviction. We affirm.

The bodies of Sharkey and Holbrook were found at their residences stabbed to death. The residences were fairly close. There was testimony that Hicks was seen near the residences, and he had a large cut on his right thumb. There was testimony that Hicks had quarreled with and threatened both Holbrook and Sharkey at a party the night before the bodies were found. Samples of blood from the victims and…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Pennington v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1958
  2. United States v. David DurantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
  3. Tayloe v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1960
  4. Young v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1979
  5. Grace v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1970

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. James Earl Slaughter, Petitioner-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Phil Parker, Warden, Respondent-Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2006
  2. Simmons v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1988
  3. Smith v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1987
  4. Bowling v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2002
  5. McQueen v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1986

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