Legal Opinion
Thurman v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided May 21, 1998No. 94-SC-496-MR, 95-SC-1045-TGPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COOPER, Justice.
Appellant, Demond Bush and Sean Hunter were jointly indicted by a Franklin County grand jury for the murder, kidnapping and robbery of Peggy King. In a separate trial, Bush was convicted of second-degree manslaughter, first-degree robbery, and kidnapping, and was sentenced to fifty years in prison. Hunter pled guilty to second-degree manslaughter and was sentenced to ten years. Following a trial by jury in the Franklin Circuit Court, Appellant was convicted of felony theft by unlawful taking, first-degree unlawful imprisonment, and murder. He was sentenced to serve 109 years…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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