FUGATE v. COM.

No. 98-SC-313-MR.

993 S.W.2d 931 (1999)

Steve Ray FUGATE, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

June 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Jackson Balliet, Assistant Public Advocate, Frankfort, KY, for appellant.

A.B. Chandler, III, Attorney General, Ian G. Sonego, Assistant Attorney General, Dennis W. Shepherd, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Appellate Division, Frankfort, KY, for appellee.


WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment based on a jury verdict which convicted Fugate of murder and first-degree burglary. He was sentenced to life in prison on the murder charge and ten years on the burglary charge with the sentences to run concurrently.

The principal issue in this case is whether the court should reconsider the method of admitting DNA evidence in trial courts. Specifically, the...

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