Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Pelfrey

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided June 17, 1999No. 97-SC-853-DGPublished

1Opinion of the Court

998 S.W.2d 460 (1999)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellant,

v.

Cecil PELFREY, Appellee.

No. 97-SC-853-DG.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

June 17, 1999.

Rehearing Denied September 23, 1999.

A.B. Chandler III, Attorney General of Kentucky, Todd D. Ferguson, Assistant Attorney General, Frankfort, for appellant.

Oleh R. Tustaniwsky, Assistant Public Advocate, Department of Public Advocacy, Frankfort, for appellee.

JOHNSTONE, Justice.

The Commonwealth of Kentucky appeals from an opinion of the Kentucky Court of Appeals vacating the sentence of Cecil Pelfrey and remanding the case to the trial court for a new…

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2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Gall v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1985
  3. Swain v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1994
  4. Dotson v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1987
  5. Stoker v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1992

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