Bobby Lee Ramdass

Bobby Lee Ramdass was sentenced to death in June 1990 for the robbery and murder of 7-Eleven store clerk Kayani. Ramdass planned to rob the store in conjunction with four other people. All five people participated in the robbery. He was 19 at the time of the crime. Ramdass was poor and could not afford to hire his own investigators. However, the trial court denied an ex parte hearing for his motion to hire a medical doctor and investigator, resulting in his inability to retain them for his defense.

Ramdass was not allowed to see the results of the polygraph tests of the other participants in the robbery. He appealed on the basis that he should have been allowed to review them in an attempt to find some ôexculpatory evidence.ö He also believes that the results of the polygraph test could have helped his attorney better cross-examine two of the Commonwealth's witnesses. However, both the trial court and the Appellate court found that these reasons were not sufficient enough to allow Ramdass to see the results of the polygraph tests. They felt that the Commonwealth had sufficiently accommodated Ramdass with any evidence which might have helped to prove him innocent including the fact that prior to trial the answers of O'Connor, one of his accomplices, were deceptive in that he attempted to minimize his role in the 7-Eleven incident. The Commonwealth's Attorney also informed Ramdass' attorney of three persons who allegedly would provide an alibi defense, but he also advised that they had made inconsistent statements. As a result of these inconsistent statements, Ramdass' attorney did not utilize them as witnesses.

Bobby Lee Ramdass entered death row on April 6, 1993 and was executed on October 10, 2000.