Legal Opinion
Luna v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided February 19, 2015No. 2013-SC-000173-MRPublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT BY
CHIEF JUSTICE MINTON
A circuit court jury convicted George A. Luna of first-degree murder and first-degree arson for killing Debra Hendrickson and burning the trailer where she lived. The jury also found as a statutory aggra-vator that Luna murdered Hendrickson in the commission of first-degree robbery. As a result, Luna was sentenced to imprisonment for life without the possibility of probation or parole. Appealing the resulting judgment as a matter of right,1 Luna now presents a host of arguments for this Court’s consideration. We reverse Luna’s first-degree arson…
2Cases cited57 opinions
- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Darden v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Blackledge v. PerrySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United States v. GoodwinSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by32 opinions
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