COM. v. TAMME

No. 2000-SC-0784-MR.

83 S.W.3d 465 (2002)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellant, v. Eugene Frank TAMME, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

As Amended May 24, 2002.

Rehearing Denied September 26, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert B. Chandler III, Attorney General, Connie V. Malone, Assistant Attorney General, Michael G. Wilson, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Appellate Division, Frankfort, Counsel for Appellants.

Dennis Stutsman, Department of Public Advocacy, Frankfort, John E. Selent, R. Kenyon Meyer, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Louisville, Counsel for Appellee.


WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a decision of the Fayette Circuit Court vacating Tamme's convictions for two capital murders and sentence of death and ordering a new trial.

The history of this proceeding is lengthy. In 1985, a jury found Tamme guilty of two counts of intentional murder, and he was sentenced to death for each of the murders. His convictions were reversed by a majority of this Court in...

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