BUCHANAN v. COM.


691 S.W.2d 210 (1985)

David BUCHANAN, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

June 13, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Thomas Hectus, Gittleman & Barber, R. Allen Button, Appellate Public Advocate, Louisville, Mark A. Posnansky, Asst. Public Advocate, Frankfort, for appellant.

David L. Armstrong, Atty. Gen., David A. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment based on a jury verdict which convicted Buchanan of murder, robbery, rape and sodomy and sentenced him to life in prison.

The questions presented are whether the trial by a death-qualified jury where Buchanan did not face capital punishment violated due process by excluding a jury panel composed from a fair cross-section of the community, whether there was sufficient evidence to support the finding that...

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