Legal Opinion
Lexington Herald-Leader Co., Inc. v. Meigs
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided August 31, 1983PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEIBSON, Justice.
The issue before us is under what circumstances did Sherman Wright, who was accused of murder and facing the death penalty, have the right to have the public and press excluded from voir dire proceedings.
Ernest Amburgey was found murdered in Franklin County on February 3, 1982. Sherman Wright, John Hurst, and Yelda Amburgey, the wife of the victim, were indicted for the crime. Wright and Hurst were accused of being murderers hired by Mrs. Amburgey to kill her husband.
These events generated a great deal of news media coverage. It continued and intensified as the case…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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