Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bussell
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided June 21, 2007No. 2006-SC-000001-MRPublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
The Commonwealth of Kentucky appeals from an order of the Christian Cir cuit Court vacating Appellee’s, Charles Bussell’s, death sentence and granting him a new trial. This case has been before this Court on several previous occasions, and thus a detailed discussion of the facts is unnecessary, except as is necessary to articulate the issues on this appeal.
In 1991, Bussell was convicted of the December 1, 1990, robbery and murder of Sue Lail. He was sentenced to death and his conviction and sentence were affirmed upon direct appeal to this Court. 1 Thereafter, we rejected…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Kyles v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1995
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Commonwealth v. McGormanKentucky Supreme Court · 2016
- James v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2012
- Commonwealth v. ParrishKentucky Supreme Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. ThompsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 2018
- Dixon v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2017
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