Thompson v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice JOHNSTONE.

Appellant, William Eugene Thompson, appeals from a sentence of death imposed by the Lyon Circuit Court. Appellant was convicted of murder, robbery in the first degree, and escape in the first degree. Appellant was originally tried before a jury in Lyon County, and was found guilty and sentenced to death, twenty years, and ten years, respectively. On direct appeal, this Court reversed that conviction and remanded, determining that the trial court had refused to grant five valid strikes for cause and erroneously used a prior murder conviction still…