Legal Opinion

Morton v. Commonwealth

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided August 29, 1991No. 88-SC-753-MRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

817 S.W.2d 218 (1991)

Barrington L. MORTON, Appellant,

v.

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

88-SC-753-MR.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

August 29, 1991.

Rehearing Denied November 21, 1991.

Rodney McDaniel, Marie Allison, Asst. Public Advocate, Dept. of Public Advocacy, Frankfort, for appellant.

Frederic J. Cowan, Atty. Gen., Elizabeth A. Myerscough, Asst. Atty. Gen., Crim. Appellate Div., Frankfort, for appellee.

LAMBERT, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of two counts of murder for the stabbing deaths of drug dealer Stacy Archie and her five-year-old son David Shavers. The Commonwealth sought the death…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part · Leibson; Concurring in part, dissenting in part · Leibson; Concurring in part, dissenting in part · Spain.

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. Morris v. SlappySupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Ice v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1984
  4. West v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1989
  5. Cosby v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1989

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