Shannon v. Commonwealth

STERNBERG, Justice.

On January 24, 1977, appellant was indicted by the McCracken County Grand Jury for two offenses of murder committed during the course of a burglary in the first degree (KRS 507.020(2)(b)) and one offense of murder by intentional acts which resulted in multiple deaths (KRS 507.020(2)(e)). On the same day that the indictment was returned, the Commonwealth’s Attorney filed a written election (KRS 532.030(1)) to prosecute the appellant for the capital offense of murder. At his arraignment on January 27, 1977, the appellant was represented by counsel and he entered a plea of not…