Legal Opinion
Wheeler v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided December 18, 2003No. 2001-SC-0444-MRPublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.
Roger Lamont Wheeler was convicted by a jury of the intentional murders of Nigel Malone and Nairobi Warfield. The *178aggravating circumstance is that Wheeler’s acts of killing were intentional and resulted in multiple deaths as described by KRS 532.025(2)(a)(6). Wheeler was sentenced to death on each conviction.
"Wheeler raises 28 issues which we will discuss in the order in which they were presented in his original brief.
On October 2,1997, Louisville police discovered the bodies of the victims in the apartment the victims shared. The male victim was found in a hallway near…
2Cases cited55 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Lockhart v. McCreeSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Tuilaepa v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Britt v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
50 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by69 opinions
- Brewer v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2006
- White v. WheelerSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
- Ernst v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2005
- St. Clair v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2004
- Abdur'Rahman v. BredesenTennessee Supreme Court · 2005
64 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.