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SOMMERS v. COM.

No. 89-SC-882-MR.

843 S.W.2d 879 (1992)

David Louis SOMMERS, Appellant v. COMMONWEALTH of KENTUCKY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied December 17, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marie Allison, Asst. Public Advocate, Dept. of Public Advocacy, Frankfort, for appellant.

Chris Gorman, Atty. Gen. and Denise Garrison McElvein, Asst. Atty. Gen., Crim. Appellate Div., Frankfort, for appellee.

COMBS, Justice.

David Louis Sommers was convicted in McCracken Circuit Court of two counts of murder, and sentenced to two consecutive 500-year terms of imprisonment. He appeals as a matter of right.

The victims were sisters, 13-year-old Carrie and 12-year-old Stephanie VanMeter. In the summer of 1988, the girls' parents apparently abandoned them in the care of their neighbors, David and Elizabeth (Sherry) Sommers. In September 1988, the girls' mother petitioned...

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