PHON v. COMMONWEALTH

2016-SC-000468-DG.

545 S.W.3d 284 (2018)

Sophal PHON, Appellant v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

April 26, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL FOR APPELLANT: Timothy G. Arnold , Department of Public Advocacy, Renee Sara VandenWallBake , Department of Public Advocacy.

COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE: Andy Beshear , Attorney General of Kentucky, Jason Bradley Moore , Assistant Attorney General, Susan Roncarti Lenz , Assistant Attorney General.

COUNSEL FOR AMICI CURIAE, THE INSTITUTE FOR COMPASSION IN JUSTICE AND THE FAIR PUNISHMENT PROJECT: Rebecca Ballard DiLoreto .


In August of 1996, Sophal Phon (Phon), along with four other gang members, participated in the brutal murder of two people and the deadly assault of a twelve-year-old girl. Phon was under the age of eighteen at the time of the murders. He ultimately entered a guilty plea before the Warren Circuit Court and...

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