COLLINS v. COM.

No. 97-SC-356-MR.

973 S.W.2d 50 (1998)

Stella Marie COLLINS, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied September 3, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry H. Marshall, Assistant Public Advocate, Frankfort, for Appellant.

A.B. Chandler, III, Attorney General, Janet M. Graham, Assistant Attorney General, Frankfort, for Appellee.


JOHNSTONE, Justice.

Stella Marie Collins raises a single issue in this appeal: whether an appeal by the Commonwealth of a defendant's sentence in a criminal case is barred by double jeopardy principles. We conclude that it is not and affirm Collins's sentence.

In February of 1995, a jury of her peers found Collins guilty of intentional murder and first-degree criminal abuse. The trial court then offered Collins sentences in the minimum range for both offenses...

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