Jacobs v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
KELLER, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
In Jacobs v. Commonwealth (“Jacobs I”)1 this Court reversed Jacobs’s death sentence and convictions for capital murder, kidnapping, and attempted first degree rape and remanded the case for a new trial. Upon remand, a Warren Circuit Court jury found Jacobs guilty of capital murder, first degree sexual abuse, and first degree kidnapping and recommended a sentence of death for the capital murder conviction. Jacobs and the Commonwealth agreed to waive their rights to jury sentencing for the other convictions. At final sentencing, the trial court imposed the death…
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