Legal Opinion
Slaughter v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided November 5, 1987No. 84-SC-272-MRPublished
1Opinion of the Court
744 S.W.2d 407 (1987)
James Earl SLAUGHTER a/k/a James Earl Slawter, Appellant,
v.
COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.
No. 84-SC-272-MR.
Supreme Court of Kentucky.
November 5, 1987.
Rehearing Denied March 3, 1988.
JoAnne M. Yanish, Rodney McDaniel, Asst. Public Advocates, Frankfort, for appellant.
David L. Armstrong, Atty. Gen., Frankfort, Mary-James Young, Virgil W. Webb, III, Asst. Attys. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.
STEPHENS, Chief Justice.
James Earl Slaughter was convicted in the Jefferson Circuit Court of first-degree robbery and murder. He received a sentence of 20 years for robbery and was…
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