Legal Opinion

Owens v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided January 27, 2017No. 2014-CA-000779-MRPublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ACREE, JUDGE:

James.Owens appeals the April 2, 2014 order of the Simpson Circuit Court denying his motion for DNA testing and his motions, amendments, and supplements *4thereto for relief under RCr1 11.42 and CR2 60.02. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

In 2009, Owens was convicted by a jury of first-degree wanton' assault, tampering with physical evidence, and of being a first-degree persistent felony offender (PFO I). For these crimes, the trial court sentenced Owens to an enhanced term of thirty years’ imprisonment for the assault conviction, and an enhanced term of ten years for the…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Martinez v. RyanSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  3. Stone v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. Gross v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1983
  5. Miller v. EldridgeKentucky Supreme Court · 2004

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3Cited by22 opinions

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