Parrish v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice NOBLE.

Appellant, Melvin Lee Parrish, was convicted of multiple murders, attempted murder, and robbery, and was sentenced to death in 2000. The current appeal stems from a post-conviction collateral attack on his sentence under RCr 11.42 in which he alleges that his death sentence is unconstitutional and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel during his murder trial. The circuit court denied the motion and upheld Appellant’s sentence. This Court affirms.

I. Background

At trial, evidence was introduced that Parrish and others had spent the day of the…