Legal Opinion
Wagner v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided May 1, 1979PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUKOWSKY, Justice.
Wagner was convicted of first-degree rape, KRS 510.040 and third-degree assault, KRS 508.030. The jury fixed his punishment at fifteen years in the penitentiary for rape and at one year in the county jail for assault. The indictment also charged that he was a first-degree persistent felony offender, KRS 532.080(3). In order to settle this issue the second stage of a bifurcated trial required by KRS 532.080(1) was held. The jury found Wagner to be a first-degree persistent felony offender and, consequently, enhanced his punishment to life imprisonment. He appeals. We reverse…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- South Dakota v. OppermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Oregon v. HassSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Texas v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by42 opinions
- State v. CaraherOregon Supreme Court · 1982
- Benavides v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
- Wagner v. HigginsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
- Stanford v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1990
- Estep v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1983
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