Legal Opinion
Bowling v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided March 24, 1994No. 91-SC-45-MR, 91-SC-75-MRPublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.
Bowling was convicted of the intentional murders of Eddie and Tina Earley. He was also found guilty of fourth-degree assault for the injury done to the toe of the Early’s 2-year-old son. He was sentenced to death for the murders and to twelve months in jail for the assault.
Sometime around 7 a.m. on April 9, 1990, while the victims sat in their automobile in a parking lot outside a Lexington dry cleaning establishment, Bowling shot and killed the two adults and wounded the child. Witnesses testified that they observed Bowling’s actions after the shots were fired. The…
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