PEACHER v. COM.

Nos. 2011-SC-000248-MR, 2011-SC-000254-MR.

391 S.W.3d 821 (2013)

Joshua PEACHER, Appellant v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee. and Nereida Allen, Appellant, v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

February 21, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Lambertus , Tricia Frances Lister , Louisville, KY, Counsel for Appellant, Joshua Peacher.

Bruce P. Hackett , Chief Appellate Defender, Cicely Jaracz Lambert , Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the Louisville Metro Public Defender, Louisville, KY, Counsel for Appellant, Nereida Allen.

Jack Conway , Attorney General of Kentucky, Susan Roncarti Lenz , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Frankfort, KY, Counsel for Appellee.


Opinion of the Court by Justice ABRAMSON.

Joshua Peacher and Nereida Allen appeal as a matter of right from Judgments of the Jefferson Circuit Court following a joint trial in which both were convicted of murder (Kentucky Revised Statute (KRS) 507.020), first-degree assault (KRS 508.010), and first-degree criminal abuse (KRS 508.100). These charges stemmed from their mistreatment of Allen's two-year-old nephew, Christopher...

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