SKAGGS v. COM.

No. 89-SC-484-DG.

803 S.W.2d 573 (1990)

David Leroy SKAGGS, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied March 14, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney McDaniel, Linda K. West, Asst. Public Advocates, Dept. of Public Advocacy, Frankfort, for appellant.

Frederic J. Cowan, Atty. Gen., David A. Smith, Carol C. Ullerich, Asst. Attys. Gen., Criminal Appellate Div., Frankfort, for appellee.


COMBS, Justice.

David Leroy Skaggs, incarcerated under sentence of death, filed an RCr 11.42 motion to vacate sentence and an RCr 10.02 motion for new trial. Forgoing an evidentiary hearing, the circuit court denied relief. The Court of Appeals affirmed. We granted discretionary review.

Skaggs was convicted of the 1981 robbery and murder of an elderly couple in their home, and of associated burglary. Upon direct appeal and automatic sentence review, this Court...

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