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CHAPMAN v. COMMONWEALTH

No. 2005-SC-000070-MR.

Marco Allen CHAPMAN, Appellant v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

August 21, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna L. Boyce, Appellate Branch Manager, Emily Holt Rhorer, Assistant Public Advocate, Randall L. Wheeler, Assistant Public Advocate, Department of Public Advocacy, Frankfort, KY, Counsel for Appellant.

Gregory D. Stumbo, Attorney General of Kentucky, David A. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Tami Renee Stetler, Assistant Attorney General, Frankfort, KY, Counsel for Appellee.

OPINION OF THE COURT BY JUSTICE MINTON

I. INTRODUCTION

During the course of robbing Carolyn Marksberry, Marco Allen Chapman raped and stabbed her before stabbing her three small children, killing two of them. Appearing in circuit court to answer for these brutal crimes, Chapman made an unusual yea agreement with the Commonwealth in which he agreed to plead guilty and volunteered for the death penalty. The circuit court ultimately accepted the...

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