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Halvorsen v. Commonwealth

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided July 2, 1987PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEPHENSON, Justice.

Mitchell L. Willoughby and Leif Halvor-sen were convicted of three counts of murder. They were sentenced to death on each of two counts and life imprisonment on the third count. Halvorsen was additionally convicted of carrying a concealed deadly weapon for which he was sentenced to twelve months’ imprisonment and fined $500. We affirm.

The bodies of Joe Norman and Joey Dur-rum were found on the side of the Brooklyn Bridge on the Jessamine-Mercer County line. The body of Jacqueline Greene was found in the Kentucky River below the bridge. Each of the victims had been shot to…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Caldwell v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Gall v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1980
  5. Ice v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. Tamme v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1998
  2. Slaughter v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1987
  3. Sanders v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1990
  4. Soto v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2004
  5. Rodgers v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2009

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