Smith v. Commonwealth

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• holding that facilitation to murder instruction not warranted despite defendant's claims that his leaving gun in alleged murderer's sight was providing a means and opportunity to commit murder because defendant never claimed to know of murderer's intentions
• holding that facilitation to murder instruction not warranted despite defendant's claims that his leaving gun in alleged murderer’s sight was providing a means and opportunity to commit murder because defendant never claimed to know of murderer’s intentions
• “[Smith] never asserts that he knew of his companion’s intentions ln the absence of such knowledge, Smith could not be guilty of criminal facilitation to murders KRS 506.080 requires knowledge of intent to commit a crime.”
• “[Smith`]? never asserts that he knew of his companion’s intentions. In the absence of such knowledge, Smith could not be guilty of criminal facilitation to murder.l KRS 506.080 requires knowledge of intent to commit a crime.”

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Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Chumbler v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1995-08-24· cited 86×
• Lewis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2003-05-30· cited 83×
• Doyle v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1996-07-22· cited 71×
• People v. Gutierrez
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2010-06-30· cited 36×
• Hall v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2011-04-21· cited 23×
• Howard v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1989-10-20· cited 19×
• Padgett v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1995-05-05· cited 19×
• Commonwealth v. Nourse
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2005-09-22· cited 18×
• State v. Jones
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1998-02-11· cited 16×
• Farler v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1994-05-27· cited 14×
• Allen v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1991-10-25· cited 13×
• Russell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1999-03-12· cited 5×
• Taylor v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1998-12-23· cited 4×
• Kelly Watts, Sr. v. Walt Chapleau, Warden, Kentucky State Reformatory
  Sixth Circuit· 1994-10-12

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Wong Sun v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1963-01-14· cited 12,871×
• Santobello v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1971-12-20· cited 5,257×
• Commonwealth v. Sawhill
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1983-11-23· cited 310×
• Payne v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1981-10-13· cited 131×
• Allee v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1970-06-26· cited 28×
• Hurley v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1970-02-13· cited 27×
• Carsons v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1931-12-15· cited 19×
• Walker v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1977-10-28· cited 10×
• Green v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1984-08-10· cited 9×
• Hockenbury v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1978-05-02· cited 9×
• Gregory v. Allstate Insurance Co.
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1981-06-26· cited 5×
• Anderson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1974-03-15· cited 4×
• Cavins v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1982-09-21· cited 2×