DAVIS v. COM.

Nos. 95-SC-787-MR, 96-SC-123-TG.

967 S.W.2d 574 (1998)

Sherman Dejuan DAVIS, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee. Melissa FELTS, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing June 18, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julie Namkin, Assistant Public Advocate, Frankfort, for Appellant Sherman Dejuan Davis.

Daniel T. Goyette, Frank Wm. Heft, Jr., Jefferson District Public Defender, Louisville, for Appellant Melissa Felts.

A.B. Chandler, III, Attorney General, Lana Grandon, Criminal Appellate Division, Samuel J. Floyd, Jr., Criminal Appellate Division, Office of Attorney General, Frankfort, for Appellees.


COOPER, Justice.

Appellants Sherman Dejuan Davis and Melissa Felts were jointly tried in the Jefferson Circuit Court for offenses alleged to have been perpetrated against Felts's two-year-old daughter, Sabrina Felts, who died on the night of May 20-21, 1994. Davis was convicted of wanton murder and first-degree criminal abuse and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for one hundred (100) years for murder and ten...

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