Kentucky Supreme Court· 1/21/1993

Smith v. Commonwealth

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845 S.W.2d 534
1993 Ky. LEXIS 13
1993 WL 9673

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finding testimony that victim repeatedly spurned grieving defendant before he killed her sufficient to ask jury to consider extreme emotional disturbance factor
defendant did not receive adequate notice of Commonwealth’s intent to seek death penalty when prosecutor filed formal notice only six days before trial
defendant did not receive adequate notice of Commonwealth's intent to seek death penalty when prosecutor filed formal notice only six days before trial
reversal for a new penalty phase required when prosecutor represented to defendant that the case would be tried as a non-capital case, but later sought the death penalty
reversal for a new penalty phase required when prosecutor represented to defendant that the case would be tried as a non-capital case, but later sought the death penalty
testimony that defendant and victim drank together and that beer cans were found in defendant’s apartment on night of victim’s death sufficient to ask jury to consider intoxication factor

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Judges: Stephens, Combs, Lambert, Leibson, Reynolds, Wintersheimer, Spain

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