Legal Opinion
Simmons v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided March 31, 1988No. 85-SC-629-MRPublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Beoria A. Simmons, Jr. was convicted of three murders, three rapes, one attempted murder, one attempted rape, and four kidnappings. He was sentenced to death for each of the three murders, to death for three of the kidnappings, 20 years’ imprisonment for the attempted murder, 10 years’ imprisonment for attempted rape, and 20 years’ imprisonment for the other kidnapping charge. All of the charges arose from assaults perpetrated upon four women in Louisville, Kentucky.
Sixteen-year-old K.D. Heaton was accosted by appellant at gunpoint as she stood waiting for a bus. He took…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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