Judy v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

This cause is before us for review by virtue of appellant Steven T. Judy’s “Verified Petition for Determination of the Status of This Appeal,” filed by his court-appointed counsel. This petition shows that, on February 25, 1980, appellant Judy was sentenced to death upon conviction of four counts of murder. These charges arose out of the April 28,1979 slayings of Terry Chasteen and her three children, Misty Zollers, Stephen Chasteen and Mark Chasteen. The trial judge signed the death warrant and ordered the sentence to be carried out. On the day he was sentenced, appellant…