The court once again set Meece's case for trial, and Of1: September 18, 2006, the jury returned a verdict of guilty on all counts and subsequently recommended a sentence of death. Wellnitz proceeded with her guilty plea and was sentenced in 2 accordance with her agreement with the Commonwealth.
Meece moved the court to withdraw his guilty plea, which the court granted. Although her statement was inconsistent with Meece's in some details, the parties agreed that Meece had given Wellnitz money to purchase a Browning Hi-Power 9mm gun for Meece Wellnitz used a fake ID to make that purchase - and Meece used that gun to kill the Wellnitzes. Wellnitz also entered a guilty plea and gave a ,recorded statement. Meece gave two recorded statements in compliance with the agreement, confessing to all three murders and providing details as to how Wellnitz commissioned him to commit the crimes and how he did so. In 2004, Meece entered into plea discussions with the Commonwealth, and the parties reached an agreement. In February of 2003, a grand jury returned indictments against Meece and Wellnitz for Burglary, Robbery, and three counts of Murder. On February 26, 1993, Meece, at the urging of Meg Wellnitz (Wellnitz), shot and killed Wellnitz's father, mother, and brother in their Adair County home.
and limit the background to the facts and procedural history that are relevant to this CR 60.02 appeal. We refrain from unnecessarily repeating ourselves here. BACKGROUND This Court previously and extensively reviewed the record in this case on direct appeal.
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Having reviewed the arguments \ of the parties, we affirm the trial court's order denying Meece's CR 60.02 motion. His RCr 11.42 motion is still pending in circuit court. , motion under Kentucky Rule of Criminal Procedure (RCr) 11.42.Prior to the ruling on his CR 60.02 motion, but after filing the ~otion, Meece also filed a
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Meece filed a pro se Kentucky Rule of C~vil Procedure (CR) 60.02 motion, which was supplemented by defense counsel, that the circuit court deni~. This Court affirmed the Warren Circuit Court's judgment on direct appeal. The jury determined beyond a reasonable doubt that aggravating circumstances existed in each of the three murders and thereafter fixed Meece's punishment at death.
06-CR-00656 ♺PPELLEE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY OPINION OF THE COURT BY JUSTICE KELLER AFFIRMING A Warren County jury found William Harry Meece guilty of Murder (three counts) Burglary, first degree and Robbery, first degree. ON APPEAL FROM WARREN CIRCUIT COURT HONORABLE JOHN GRISE, JUDGE NO. RENDERED: SEPTEMTO BE PUBLISHED juprttnt filnurl nf ~tnfurku 2016-SC-000326-MR APPELLANT WILLIAM HARRY MEECE v.
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