Baze v. Commonwealth

GRAVES, Justice.

Appellant, Ralph S. Baze, Jr., appeals to this Court as a matter of right from the Rowan Circuit Court’s denial of his RCr 11.42 motion seeking the vacation of his murder convictions and death sentences. The facts of this case are set forth in our opinion affirming Appellant’s two death sentences on direct appeal. Baze v. Commonwealth, Ky., 965 S.W.2d 817 (1997), cert. denied, 523 U.S. 1083, 118 S.Ct. 1536, 140 L.Ed.2d 685 (1998).

The trial court denied Appellant’s RCr 11.42 motion, as well as a motion to reconsider, without an evidentiary hearing. Accordingly, our review at…