- Commonwealth v. Donoghue
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Commonwealth v. Donoghue, 63 S.W.2d 3 (KY 1933), was a case decided by the Kentucky Court of Appeals that upheld the ability of judges to create common law crimes in the state of Kentucky, which has complemented codified criminal laws with common law criminal offenses imported through reception statutes. The judge created crime in the case was "a nefarious plan for the habitual exaction of gross injury."[1]
See also
- State v. Palendrano, a similar case in New Jersey which reached a different conclusion.
References
- ^ Dressler, J. Understanding Criminal Law, Fifth Edition. Matthew Bender & Company, Inc. Newark, NJ: 2009, p. 28
Categories:- U.S. state criminal case law
- 1933 in United States case law
- Kentucky state case law
- 1933 in Kentucky
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