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COM. v. VINCENT

No. 2000-SC-0449-TG.

70 S.W.3d 422 (2002)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellant, v. Teresa Fay VINCENT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

March 21, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.B. Chandler III, Attorney General of Kentucky, Frankfort, Brian Patrick Butler, Commonwealth Attorney's Office, Louisville, Counsel for Appellant.

Daniel T. Goyette, Chief Public Defender, Bruce P. Hackett, Deputy Appellate Defender, Office of the Jefferson District Public Defender, Louisville, Counsel for Appellee.

JOHNSTONE, Justice.

Appellant, Teresa Fay Vincent, was convicted of murder and sentenced to twenty-five years' imprisonment. The sole issue on appeal is whether the domestic violence exemption of KRS 533.060(1) exempts Vincent from the terms of the violent offender statute of KRS 439.3401. We hold that it does not and reverse the trial court on this issue.

On September 9, 1998, Vincent shot and killed her ex-husband...

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