Legal Opinion
Skaggs v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided November 8, 1990No. 89-SC-484-DGPublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COMBS, Justice.
David Leroy Skaggs, incarcerated under sentence of death, filed an RCr 11.42 motion to vacate sentence and an RCr 10.02 motion for new trial. Forgoing an eviden-tiary hearing, the circuit court denied relief. The Court of Appeals affirmed. We granted discretionary review.
Skaggs was convicted of the 1981 robbery and murder of an elderly couple in their home, and of associated burglary. Upon direct appeal and automatic sentence review, this Court affirmed. See Skaggs v. Commonwealth, Ky., 694 S.W.2d 672 (1985).
In a 1985 unpublished memorandum opinion (84-SC-1181-TG), we also…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Skaggs v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1985
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