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ZAPATA v. COMMONWEALTH

2016-SC-000020-MR.

516 S.W.3d 799 (2017)

Steven ZAPATA, Appellant v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

April 27, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL FOR APPELLANT: Susan Jackson Balliet , Assistant Public Advocate.

COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE: Andy Beshear , Attorney General of Kentucky, James Daryl Havey , Assistant Attorney General.

OPINION OF THE COURT BY JUSTICE WRIGHT

Appellant, Steven Zapata, entered a plea under North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91, 91 S.Ct. 160, 27 L.Ed.2d 162 (1970), to one count of murder. In accordance with the plea agreement, the trial court sentenced Zapata to 24 years' imprisonment. He appeals to this Court as a matter of right, Ky. Const. § 110(2)(b), and argues that the "trial court erred by resolving an involuntary...

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