Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided June 4, 1992No. 88-SC-896-MRPublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.
Gregory Wilson appeals from a judgment based on a jury verdict which convicted him of murder, kidnapping, first-degree rape, first-degree robbery and criminal conspiracy to commit robbery. He was sentenced to death on the murder and kidnapping convictions and to consecutive prison terms of 20, 20 and 10 years respectively for first-degree rape, first-degree robbery and criminal conspiracy to commit robbery.
The victim was a restaurant employee in Newport. On Friday, May 29, 1987 at 11:45 p.m., she left her best friend’s house and said she was going straight home. The…
2Cases cited45 opinions
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- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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