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Court Affirms Conviction, Death Sentence, Arising from Multi-State Spree

By Jonathan Byrne

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US v. Basham: Basham, along with a co-defendant, escaped from jail in Kentucky and embarked on a multi-state crime spree that stretched from Indiana to South Carolina. Along the way, the two kidnapped one man in Kentucky, who managed to escape, and two women in West Virginia and South Carolina, who were never seen again. Basham was finally apprehended in Kentucky. He was indicted in South Carolina for carjacking that resulted in death and kidnapping that resulted in death, along with other charges. After a jury trial, he was convicted of those offenses and sentenced to death.On appeal, Basham raised six challenges to his conviction and sentence, all of which the Fourth Circuit rejected. Each involves a detailed set of facts that cannot be reported here...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Circuit Blog on April 02, 2009 (boomark / email).

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