Williams v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
8
states following
December 2019
most recently cited
20 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bell v. United States · Sanabria v. United States · Commonwealth v. Benham · Commonwealth v. Sawhill · United States v. Esch
Most-quoted passages
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“On motion for a directed verdict, the trial judge must draw all fair and reasonable inferences from the evidence in favor of the Commonwealth. Commonwealth v, Benham, 816 S.W.2d 186 (Ky.1991). If the evidence is sufficient to induce a reasonable juror to believe beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty, a directed verdict should not be given. Id. The standard for appellate review of a denial of a motion for a directed verdict based on insufficient evidence is if, under the evidence as a whole, it would not be clearly unreasonable for a jury to find the defendant guilty, he is not entitled to a directed verdict of acquittal. Commonwealth v. Sawhill, 660 S.W.2d 3 (Ky.1983).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“KRS 505.020 provides in relevant part: (1) When a single course of conduct of a defendant may establish the commission of more than one (1) offense, he may be prosecuted for each such offense. He may not, however, be convicted of more than one (1) offense when: [[Image here]] (c) The offense is designed to prohibit a continuing course of conduct and the defendant’s course of conduct was uninterrupted by legal process, unless the law expressly provides that specific periods of such conduct constitute separate offenses.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The singular form of 'photograph' read in conjunction with the term 'any' clearly indicates that the Legislature intended prosecution for each differing photograph.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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