Legal Opinion
Gall v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided October 14, 1980PublishedCited by 169 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Eugene W. Gall, Jr., was convicted of murder and sentenced to death pursuant to the verdict of a jury under the two-stage trial procedure prescribed by KRS 532.025. In this appeal he advances many alleged errors and irregularities, contending that each and all of them require a reversal of the judgment. We shall limit our discussion to those we do not consider to be patently groundless.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
At about 7:35 a. m. on April 5, 1978, Lisa Jansen, a 12-year-old schoolgirl, left her home in suburban Cincinnati, Ohio, for school. She was missed very shortly thereafter…
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- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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