Legal Opinion
Wells v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided February 16, 1995No. 94-SC-133-MRPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAMBERT, Justice.
Appellant, Michael Lee Wells, was convicted in the Jefferson Circuit Court of murder and of theft by unlawful taking over $300. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and five years for theft, with the sentences to run consecutively. He appeals as a matter of right.
Appellant had promised his girlfriend that he would provide money to buy her a choir robe so that she could sing in the church choir. He asked her to take him to a bank but returned to the car without the needed funds, claiming to have lost his account book. He then directed her to the home of Charlie…
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