MEECE v. COM.

No. 2006-SC-000881-MR.

348 S.W.3d 627 (2011)

William Harry, MEECE, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied October 27, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen Kallaher Schmidt , Appeals Branch Manager, Donna Lynn Boyce , Appellate Branch Manager, Thomas More Ransdell , Assistant Public Advocate, Department of Public Advocacy, Frankfort, KY, Counsel for Appellant.

Jack Conway , Attorney General of Kentucky, William Robert Long, Jr. , Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Appellate Division, Frankfort, KY, Counsel for Appellee.


Opinion of the Court by Justice SCOTT.

I. Introduction

William Harry Meece (Meece) appeals from the judgment of the Warren Circuit Court sentencing him to consecutive twenty-year terms of confinement (for a total of forty years) on two convictions of robbery and burglary, both of the first degree, and to death for each of three convictions for murder.

According to evidence introduced at trial, Meece shot and killed Joe Wellnitz, his wife,...

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