HAMPTON v. COM.

No. 2002-SC-0291-MR.

133 S.W.3d 438 (2004)

Karen HAMPTON, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

As Amended April 19, 2004.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing May 20, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Palombi, Department of Public Advocacy, Frankfort, Counsel for Appellant.

Gregory D. Stumbo, Attorney General, Samuel J. Floyd, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Office of Attorney General, Criminal Appellate Division, Frankfort, Counsel for Appellee.


GRAVES, Justice.

Appellant, Karen Hampton, was convicted in the Laurel Circuit Court of the 1998 murder of her husband, Wade Hampton, as well as tampering with physical evidence. She was sentenced to fifty years imprisonment on the murder charge and five years on the tampering charge, to run consecutively for a total of fifty-five years imprisonment. She appeals to this Court as a matter of right.

Wade Hampton was sleeping on the morning of August 13, 1998...

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