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Moore v. Commonwealth

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided June 15, 1982PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Brian Keith Moore was convicted of murder, kidnapping, and robbery in the first degree. Under the judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court, he was sentenced to death for murder, life imprisonment for kidnapping, and twenty years imprisonment for robbery. This appeal is before us as a matter of right.

PROCEDURE

On August 15,1979, the Jefferson County Grand Jury returned a three count indictment against Moore. The first count alleged that on August 10, 1979, the defendant had committed the capital offense of kidnapping by “unlawfully detaining Virgil Harris with the intent to…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. United States v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971

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3Cited by50 opinions

  1. Sanborn v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1988
  2. Brian Keith Moore v. Philip Parker, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2005
  3. Padgett v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2010
  4. Smith v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1987
  5. Stanford v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1990

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