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· 7/7/1981

Henley v. Commonwealth

Citations

  • 621 S.W.2d 906
  • 1981 Ky. LEXIS 279

How courts have described this case

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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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