Legal Opinion

St. Clair v. Commonwealth

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided August 21, 2014No. 2011-SC-000774-MRPublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*609Opinion of the Court by

Justice NOBLE.

Michael D. St. Clair has previously been convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. On remand and retrial of the penalty phase of his trial, he has again been sentenced to death. In this matter-of-right appeal, conducted concurrently with this Court’s mandatory review of the death sentence, he raises 32 claims of error, some of which go to his conviction. None of those claims require reversal; this Court concludes that the death sentence was legally imposed here. St. Clair’s conviction and sentence are affirmed.

I. Background

The facts of the…

2Cases cited138 opinions

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  2. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by45 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. McGormanKentucky Supreme Court · 2016
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  3. United States v. Jonathan ReadCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2019
  4. St. Clair v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2015
  5. Sluss v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2014

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