Post by Logan on Feb 19, 2016 7:53:39 GMT -6
The Kentucky Supreme Court has reversed the 2013 convictions of James Anthony Gray in the murder of his parents because his confession to the Scott County Sheriff’s Office “was not the voluntary product of Gray’s free will.”
“Gray’s constitutional right to due process was violated in obtaining the confession,” the court said in its written opinion released Thursday. “The trial court erred by failing to suppress the confession and it was thus erroneously admitted as evidence at trial.”
James E. Gray, 63, and Vivian Gray, 55, were found shot to death in their northern Scott County home on April 26, 2007.
James Anthony Gray, 46, was tried twice. A jury in 2012 could not reach a unanimous verdict so the judge declared a mistrial. Gray was tried again in 2013 and was found guilty on two counts of murder and one count of tampering with physical evidence.
Read more here: www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article61151692.html
“Gray’s constitutional right to due process was violated in obtaining the confession,” the court said in its written opinion released Thursday. “The trial court erred by failing to suppress the confession and it was thus erroneously admitted as evidence at trial.”
James E. Gray, 63, and Vivian Gray, 55, were found shot to death in their northern Scott County home on April 26, 2007.
James Anthony Gray, 46, was tried twice. A jury in 2012 could not reach a unanimous verdict so the judge declared a mistrial. Gray was tried again in 2013 and was found guilty on two counts of murder and one count of tampering with physical evidence.
Read more here: www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article61151692.html