ZAPATA v. COMMONWEALTH

2018-SC-000666-MR.

676 S.W.3d 390 (2020)

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

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

April 30, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL FOR APPELLANT: Joseph V. Aprile II , Lynch, Cox, Gilman & Goodman, P.S.C., Louisville.

COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE: Daniel Jay Cameron , Attorney General of Kentucky, James Daryl Havey , Assistant Attorney General, Kenneth Wayne Riggs , Assistant Attorney General.


A Jefferson County Grand Jury indicted Steven Zapata for one count of murder for killing his wife, Tondelia. On October 28, 2015, Zapata entered a guilty plea pursuant to North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S.Ct. 160, 27 L.Ed.2d 162 (1970), in which he maintained...

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