Legal Opinion
In Re: Perry Thomas Ryan
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided December 19, 2024No. 2024-SC-0199Published
1Opinion of the Court
RENDERED: DECEMBER 19, 2024 TO BE PUBLISHED Supreme Court of Kentucky 2024-SC-0199-KB 2024-SC-0200-KB IN RE: PERRY THOMAS RYAN & IN RE: DAVID MICHAEL WILLIAMS IN SUPREME COURT OPINION OF THE COURT These attorney disciplinary cases against Perry Thomas Ryan and David Michael Williams 1 arise from their roles in representing the Commonwealth and prosecuting Garr Keith Hardin and Jeffrey Dewayne Clark who were convicted by a jury of the 1992 murder of Rhonda Warford. After nearly 20 years of post-conviction proceedings, the Meade Circuit Court ordered a new trial, based in part upon new DNA…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Costello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Jeffrey Dewayne Clark v. Michael O'DeaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
- Democratic Party of Kentucky v. GrahamKentucky Supreme Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. BakerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2000
- Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. BerryKentucky Supreme Court · 1981
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