MURPHY v. COM.

Nos. 1997-SC-0595-MR, 1997-SC-0607-MR, 1998-SC-0960-MR, 1997-SC-0606-MR, 1997-SC-0621-MR, 1997-SC-0616-MR and 1997-SC-0622-MR.

50 S.W.3d 173 (2001)

Ronnell MURPHY, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee, and Commonwealth of Kentucky, Appellant, v. Ronnell Murphy, Appellee, and Ronnell Murphy, Appellant, v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, Appellee, and Dennis Sprowls (a/k/a Dennis Randall Lawler), Appellant, v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, Appellee, and Commonwealth of Kentucky, Appellant, v. Dennis Sprowls, (a/k/a Dennis Randall Lawler), Appellee, and Brandon Weathers, Appellant, v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, Appellee, and Commonwealth of Kentucky, Appellant, v. Brandon Weathers, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied August 23, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna L. Boyce, Timothy G. Arnold, Department of Public Advocacy, Frankfort, for Ronnell Murphy.

Richard Hoffman, Department of Public Advocacy, Frankfort, for Dennis Sprowls.

Rebecca B. Diloreto, Department of Public Advocacy, Frankfort, for Brandon Weathers.

A.B. Chandler III, Attorney General, William L. Daniel II, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Appellate Division, Frankfort, Charles C. Simms III, Geoghegan & Associates, Bardstown, for Commonwealth of Kentucky.


GRAVES, Justice.

Appellants, Brandon Weathers, Dennis Sprowls, and Ronnell Murphy, were convicted in the Larue Circuit Court for first-degree burglary, kidnapping, and second-degree assault. Each was sentenced to a total of twenty-five years imprisonment, and appeals to this Court as a matter of right. For the reasons set forth herein, we affirm Weathers' and Sprowls' convictions; however, we reverse Murphy's conviction...

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