Legal Opinion
O'Bryan v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided March 9, 1982PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENS, Justice.
La Verne O’Bryan was convicted of murder and was sentenced to death pursuant to the verdict of a jury under the bifurcated trial procedure set out in KRS 532.025. On this appeal she alleges numerous errors.
PROCEDURE
On October 5, 1979, La Verne O’Bryan was indicted by the Jefferson County Grand Jury for the murder of Harold Sadler which took place on or about December 23, 1967, and for the murder of John O’Bryan which took place on or about July 5, 1979. After the two murder indictments were severed for trial the Commonwealth in March of 1980 served notice that it would seek…
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