William Harry Meece v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

JUSTICE KELLER

A Warren County jury found William Harry Meece guilty of Murder (three counts); Burglary, first degree; and Robbery, first degree. The jury determined beyond a reasonable doubt that aggravating circumstances existed in each of the three murders and thereafter fixed Meece’s punishment at death. This Court affirmed the Warren Circuit Court’s judgment on direct appeal. Meece filed a pro se Kentucky Rule of Civil Procedure (CR) 60.02 motion, which was supplemented by defense counsel, that the circuit court denied. Prior to the ruling on his CR 60.02 motion,…