Bowling v. Commonwealth

JOHNSTONE, Justice.

Appellant, Ronnie Lee Bowling, was convicted of two counts of murder, two counts of first-degree robbery, and two counts of first-degree burglary. He was sentenced to death on each of the murder counts and twenty years’ imprisonment on each of the other counts, which sentences were ordered to be run consecutively for a total of eighty years. His conviction and sentence were affirmed by this Court on direct appeal. Bowling v. Commonwealth, Ky., 942 S.W.2d 293 (1997), cert. denied, 522 U.S. 986, 118 S.Ct. 451, 139 L.Ed.2d 387 (1997). Subsequently, he filed an RCr 11.42 motion…