COM. v. HUBBARD

No. 88-SC-938-DG.

777 S.W.2d 882 (1989)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellant, v. Jack Curtis HUBBARD, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

As Corrected September 21, 1989.

Rehearing Denied November 9, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederic J. Cowan, Atty. Gen., Robert W. Hensley, Ian Sonego, Asst. Attys. Gen., Frankfort, for appellant.

J. Kirk Griggs, II, Lexington, for appellee.


WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment based on a jury verdict convicting Hubbard of reckless homicide. He was sentenced by the circuit judge to three years in prison when the jury failed to agree on a sentence.

The precise questions presented are whether the employment of private counsel to assist the Commonwealth Attorney in the prosecution of a criminal case violates the due process clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United...

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