Legal Opinion
Gall v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided November 21, 1985PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AKER, Justice.
Eugene W. Gall was convicted of the murder of 12-year-old Lisa Jansen and sentenced to death pursuant to the verdict of a jury under a two-stage trial procedure prescribed by KRS 532.025. This court affirmed his conviction and sentence on September 2, 1980, and modified its opinion on October 14, 1980. Gall v. Commonwealth, Ky., 607 S.W.2d 97 (1980), cert. denied, 450 U.S. 989, 101 S.Ct. 1529, 67 L.Ed.2d 824 (March 9, 1981). On August 26, 1981, Gall filed an RCr 11.42 motion and request for an evidentiary hearing in the Boone Circuit Court. The court allowed an evidentiary…
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- United States v. HeldtCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- Reina v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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