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ERNST v. COM.

No. 2002-SC-1088-MR.

160 S.W.3d 744 (2005)

Shawn William ERNST, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

April 21, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna L. Boyce, Appellate Branch Manager, Department of Public Advocacy, Julie Namkin, Assistant Public Advocate, Frankfort, Counsel for Appellant.

Gregory D. Stumbo, Attorney General, George G. Seelig, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Appellate Division, Office of the Attorney General, Frankfort, Counsel for Appellee.

COOPER, Justice.

A Boone Circuit Court jury convicted Appellant, Shawn William Ernst, of kidnapping and murdering Sandra Kay Roberts. He was sentenced to life in prison for the murder and to life in prison without benefit of probation or parole for the kidnapping. He appeals to this Court as a matter of right, Ky. Const. § 110(2)(b), asserting eight claims of reversible error, viz: (1) insufficiency of the indictment for capital kidnapping; (2) admission...

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