Legal Opinion

Henley v. Commonwealth

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided July 7, 1981PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEPHENS, Justice.

Paul Benjamin Henley was convicted of murder in the Logan Circuit Court and received a sentence of fifty years. His appeal is before us as a matter of right.

Appellant argues four grounds as the basis of his appeal: (1) The trial court erred in refusing to give an instruction on first-degree manslaughter based on an alleged extreme emotional disturbance; (2) the trial court erred in failing to conduct a pretrial competency hearing; (3) appellant did not have counsel during his trial, and (4) the trial court erred in failing to provide for a presentence report,

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Gall v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1980
  2. Edmonds v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1979
  3. Brewer v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1977
  4. Ratliff v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1978
  5. Bartrug v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1978

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Eugene Williams Gall, Jr. v. Phil Parker, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000
  2. Sanders v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Stanford v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1990
  4. State v. TriebNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1982
  5. Moore v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1982

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