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The offender committed the offense of murder for himself or another, for the purpose of receiving money or any other thing of monetary value, or for other profit; The murder was committed by a person who was a prisoner and the victim was a prison employee engaged at the time of the act in the performance of his duties;
The Kentucky General Assembly abolished the felony murder rule with the enactment of Kentucky Revised Statutes § 507.020. Recognizing that an automatic application of the rule could result in conviction of murder without a culpable mindset, the Kentucky Legislature instead allowed the circumstances of a case, like the commission of a felony, to be considered separately.
4.5 to 16.5 years (3 to 11 years if crime committed before 2021, 3 to 10 years if crime committed before 2019) (if underlying offense is a felony) 9 months to 3 years (if underlying offense is a misdemeanor) Voluntary Manslaughter 4.5 to 16.5 years (3 to 11 years if crime committed before 2021, 3 to 10 years if crime committed before 2019)
Ragland was convicted and sentenced to 30 years in prison for the murder of DiGiuro, but the Kentucky Supreme Court overturned the conviction in 2005 when it was discovered that an FBI bullet ...
A former Kentucky sheriff accused of killing a county judge in his chambers two months ago has pleaded not guilty to one count of murder of a public official.. Monday’s arraignment was the first ...
Tuesday’s hearing took place in West Liberty, Kentucky, nearly 100 miles from the Letcher County Courthouse where Mullins was killed. The state appointed a special judge to preside over the case ...
The rule of felony murder is a legal doctrine in some common law jurisdictions that broadens the crime of murder: when someone is killed (regardless of intent to kill) in the commission of a dangerous or enumerated crime (called a felony in some jurisdictions), the offender, and also the offender's accomplices or co-conspirators, may be found guilty of murder.
A Kentucky sheriff pleaded guilty this week to two charges of official misconduct and two counts of menacing. The plea by Trigg County Sheriff Aaron Acree included a sentence of one year in jail ...