Opinion ID: 1758780
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Heading: sanborn v. commonwealth

Text: Sanborn was convicted of murder, rape, sodomy and kidnapping in 1984. He was sentenced to death on the murder conviction. This Court reversed Sanborn's first conviction and sentence. Sanborn v. Commonwealth, Ky., 754 S.W.2d 534 (1988). Thereafter, in 1991 Sanborn was retried and convicted a second time which was affirmed by this Court in all respects. Sanborn v. Commonwealth, Ky., 892 S.W.2d 542 (1994). Sanborn then petitioned the United States Supreme Court for writ of certiorari which was denied October 2, 1995. Sanborn v. Kentucky, ___ U.S. ___, 116 S.Ct. 154, 133 L.Ed.2d 98 (1995). Sanborn's petition for rehearing in the United States Supreme Court was denied on December 11, 1995, as untimely filed. Governor Patton signed Executive Order 96-13 on January 3, 1996, setting Sanborn's execution date on February 1, 1996.