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SLAUGHTER v. COM.

No. 84-SC-272-MR.

744 S.W.2d 407 (1987)

James Earl SLAUGHTER a/k/a James Earl Slawter, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied March 3, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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 sentenced to death for the murder. This matter of right appeal results. We affirm.

The charges underlying the convictions arose from the death of a store owner, Esther H. Stewart, in Jefferson County on January 28, 1983. Following an investigation, Slaughter was arrested on the...

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