Roach v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice ABRAMSON.

In June 2002, Terry Roach pled guilty in the McCracken Circuit Court to the January 2001 armed robbery and murder of Clifford Donald Robinson in Paducah. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for twenty-five years. This Court affirmed Roach’s conviction in an unpublished Opinion that became final in January 2004. Pursuant to Kentucky Rule of Criminal Procedure (RCr) 11.42, in March 2004 Roach filed in the trial court a pro se motion seeking relief from the court’s Judgment. He also requested an evidentiary hearing and…