Kentucky Supreme Court· 9/26/2002

Lawson v. Commonwealth

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85 S.W.3d 571
2002 Ky. LEXIS 175
2002 WL 31132870

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remanding for resentencing for jury to recommend whether defendant’s two “convictions should be run consecutively or concurrently, in whole or in part”
describing KRS 520.095(1)(b)(2) as a \curious phrasing\ and observing that commentators have found it \largely incoherent in light of the KRS 500.080(15) definition of `serious physical injury.'\
describing KRS 520.095(l)(b)(2) as a \curious phrasing” and observing that commentators have found it “largely incoherent in light of the KRS 500.080(15) definition of 'serious physical injury.’ \
remanding for resentencing for jury to recommend whether defendant’s two “convictions should be run consecutively or concurrently, in whole or in part”
e¡plaining that the Kentucky General Assembly amended Section 514.110 “to include persons ‘having reason to believe that it has been stolen’” in an eěort “to e¡tend the culpable mental state” covered by the statute (uoting 2000 Ky. Acts Ch. 490, § 2)

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Judges: Keller, Lambert, Johnstone, Stumbo, Cooper, Graves, Wintersheimer

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