Legal Opinion
Ford v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided December 22, 1983PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GANT, Justice.
Appellant was convicted of capital murder in the death of Susanne Schick, which murder occurred as a result of beating and stabbing on September 11, 1980. At the time of the murder, appellant was an inmate at LaGrange Reformatory but was housed in a dormitory in Frankfort and working as a trusty about the grounds of the capital and the governor’s mansion. The murder occurred in the immediate vicinity of the dormitory and the victim’s home near there. The appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment.
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2Cases cited17 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Duren v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Castaneda v. PartidaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Hazelwood School District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by42 opinions
- State v. RamseurSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1987
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- McQueen v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1984
- Louis M. Parker Ford v. Bill Seabold, Warden, Luther Luckett Correctional ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
- Wilson v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1992
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