PARRISH v. COM.

No. 2006-SC-000592-MR.

272 S.W.3d 161 (2008)

Melvin Lee PARRISH, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied January 22, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Thomas Ruff, Dennis James Burke, Assistant Public Advocates, Department of Public Advocacy, LaGrange, KY, Counsel for Appellant.

Jack Conway, Attorney General, Louis Franklin Mathias, Jr., Office of the Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Appellate Division, Frankfort, KY, Counsel for Appellee.


Opinion of the Court by Justice NOBLE.

Appellant, Melvin Lee Parrish, was convicted of multiple murders, attempted murder, and robbery, and was sentenced to death in 2000. The current appeal stems from a post-conviction collateral attack on his sentence under RCr 11.42 in which he alleges that his death sentence is unconstitutional and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel during his murder trial. The circuit court denied the motion and upheld Appellant...

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