1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. S.W.2d
  4. 495 S.W.2d
  5. 495 S.W.2d 776 (1973)
 

TINSLEY v. COMMONWEALTH

495 S.W.2d 776 (1973)

Narvel TINSLEY, Jr., Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee. William Michael TINSLEY, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied June 29, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel T. Taylor III, M. V. Volpone, Louisville, Robert Allan Sedler, College of Law, University of Ky., Lexington, for appellant, Narvel Tinsley, Jr.

Robert Fleming, Charles Scott, J. T. McCall, Louisville, for appellant, Michael Tinsley.

Ed W. Hancock, Atty. Gen., Douglass Johnson, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.

STEPHENSON, Justice.

Narvel Tinsley and William Michael Tinsley were charged in Jefferson Circuit Court with the crime of wilful murder. A jury found both Narvel and Michael guilty of wilful murder, and they were each sentenced to death by electrocution. Both appeal.

On the night of May 2, 1971, Officers Wilbur Hayes and John W. Schaefer, Jr., members of the Louisville Police Department, were on duty in civilian clothes and driving an unmarked police car....

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases