Legal Opinion
Stopher v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided August 15, 2001No. 1998-SC-0334-MRPublishedCited by 147 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*793GRAVES, Justice.
Appellant, Vincent Stopher, was convicted in the Jefferson Circuit Court for the murder of Jefferson County Deputy Sheriff Gregory Hans, and sentenced to death. Appellant was also convicted and sentenced to five years for one count of wanton endangerment, and two years each for four counts of third-degree assault on police officers. Appellant pled guilty to being a second-degree persistent felony offender.
On March 10, 1997, Deputy Hans responded to a call made to the Louisville Police Department concerning a disturbance at Appellant’s home. When Deputy Hans arrived at the…
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