WINDSOR v. COMMONWEALTH

2008-SC-000383-MR.

SHAWN WINDSOR APPELLANT v. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY APPELLEE

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rendered August 26, 2010.

March 24, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel T. Goyette , Louisville Metro Public Defender 200 Advocacy Plaza, 719 West Jefferson Street, Louisville, KY 40202.

James David Niehaus , Deputy Appellate Defender, Office of the Louisville Metro Public Defender, 200 Advocacy Plaza, 719 West Jefferson Street, Louisville, KY 40202.

Shawn Windsor , Inmate #182955, Kentucky State Penitentiary, P. O. Box 5128, Eddyville, KY 42038, Counsel for Appellant.

Jack Conway , Attorney General.

James Hays Lawson , Assistant Attorney General, Office of Criminal Appeals, Office of the Attorney General, 1024 Capital Center Drive, Frankfort, KY 40601.

David A. Smith , Assistant Attorney General, Office of Attorney General, Criminal Appellate Division, 1024 Capital Center Drive, Frankfort, KY 40601-8204, Counsel for Appellee.


OPINION OF THE COURT BY JUSTICE CUNNINGHAM

Appellant, Shawn Windsor, appeals a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court imposing two death sentences. Windsor entered an unconditional guilty plea to two counts of murder, one count of felony theft, and one count of violating a protective order. Windsor admitted that he murdered his wife, Betty Jean, and their son, Corey, by stabbing them with a kitchen knife and beating them with a dumbbell.

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