· 7/7/1981
Henley v. Commonwealth
Citations
- 621 S.W.2d 906
- 1981 Ky. LEXIS 279
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- stating that both Ratliff and Edmonds found EED instructions necessary due to testimony about defendants’ respective mental illnesses
- stating that both Ratliff and Edmonds found EED instructions necessary due to testimony about defendants' respective mental illnesses
- “The' absence of ‘extreme emotional disturbance’ is an essential element of the offense of murder, and the legislature intended the Commonwealth to bear the risk of nonpersuasion on this element of mitigation.”
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Judges: Stephens
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