HUDSON v. COM.

No. 97-SC-603-MR.

979 S.W.2d 106 (1998)

Eddie Franklin HUDSON, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Case Ordered Published by Supreme Court September 3, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel T. Goyette, Chief Jefferson District Public Defender, Bruce P. Hackett, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Louisville, for Appellant.

A.B. Chandler, III, Attorney General of Kentucky, Kent T. Young, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Appellate Division, Office of Attorney General, Frankfort, for Appellee.


JOHNSTONE, Justice.

Appellant, Eddie Franklin Hudson, was convicted in the Jefferson Circuit Court of murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals to this Court as a matter of right. We affirm his conviction, but reverse and remand for a new sentencing phase.

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