St. Clair v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice MINTON.

Michael St. Clair was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. On appeal, this Court affirmed his capital murder conviction but reversed his death sentence and remanded the case to the trial court for a new capital sentencing trial.1 Following the new sentencing trial, St. Clair was again sentenced to death. This appeal followed.

We now must reverse the death sentence imposed following the new sentencing trial because the trial court failed to comply with this Court’s directive to follow the statutory language in instructing the *304jury on…