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Johnson v. Commonwealth

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided February 20, 2003No. 1997-SC-0842-MR, 2001-SC-0803-MRPublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice LAMBERT.

On November 29, 1989, sixty-one year old Helen Madden was beaten, stabbed, mutilated, and tortured to death in the supply storage room of the Laundromat where she worked. Her body was so disfigured that a co-worker of thirteen years was unable to identify her. Appellant, Donald Herb Johnson, was subsequently arrested for the crimes. Pursuant to RCr 8.08, he entered unconditional guilty pleas in Floyd Circuit Court to murder, first degree robbery, first degree burglary, and two counts of first degree sexual abuse.

The prosecution moved for jury…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Harold McQueen Jr. v. Gene Scroggy, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
  4. Gall v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1980
  5. Mills v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1999

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Ordway v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2013
  2. Meece v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2011
  3. Hunt v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2010
  4. Thompson v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2004
  5. Dunlap v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2013

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