Buchanan v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, 691 S.W.2d 210 (1985)
Kentucky Supreme Court's decision: https://law.justia.com/cases/kentucky/supreme-court/1985/691-s-w-2d-210-1.html
Barbel Poore, a 20-year-old service station attendant, was raped, sodomized and murdered in connection with the robbery of a gas station in Louisville on January 7, 1981. Kevin Stanford was convicted as the trigger man. David Buchanan, who accompanied Stanford and the jury found had planned the robbery, was also convicted of murder. Both Stanford and Buchanan were tried together. Stanford was sentenced to death, but Buchanan received a life sentence.
“In a joint trial for capital murder where the death penalty is sought against one defendant, but not the other, the impaneling of a death-qualified jury does not deprive the defendant of the right to a trial by a fair and impartial jury selected from a fair cross-section of the community.”
[1] Appellant’s Brief (April 8, 1984)
NOTE: (Appendix includes the decision of the Jefferson Circuit Court)
[2] Appellee’s Brief (August 1, 1984)
[3] Appellant’s Reply Brief (September 20, 1984)
