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Knipp v. Com., 2003-SC-000039-MR -Not To Be Published, Affirming In Part, And Reversing In Part -- PDF

A Carter Circuit Court jury found Appellant, John Knipp, guilty of first degree arson, second degree manslaughter, second degree burglary, and misdemeanor theft . He was sentenced to ten years for manslaughter, forty years for arson, twelve months for theft, and ten years for burglary . The sentences totaled sixty years and were ordered to run consecutively, except for the theft conviction . He appeals to this Court as a matter of right.

King v Com., 2004-SC-000322-MR - Not To Be Published, Affirming -- PDF

Appellant, David Wayne King, was convicted by a Grayson Circuit Court jury of first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, and incest. The jury recommended that Appellant serve ten years in prison for the incest charge, twenty-four years for first degree rape, and twenty-four years for first-degree sodomy, all to run concurrently for a total of twenty-four years. The trial court entered judgment according to the jury's recommendation . Appellant appeals as a matter of right. Ky. Const § 110 (2)(b). For the reasons stated herein, we affirm.

Kurtz v Com.,2004-SC-000650-MR - To Be Published, Vacating and Remanding for a New Trial -- PDF

A jury of the Barren Circuit Court convicted Appellant, Randy Kurtz, of firstdegree rape, two counts of first-degree sodomy, three counts of first-degree sexual abuse, and attempted first-degree sodomy in connection with the molestation of his girlfriend's children . For these crimes, Appellant was sentenced to thirty years imprisonment, plus three years conditional discharge as required by KRS 532 .043. Appellant now appeals to this Court as a matter of right. Ky. Const. § 110(2)(b). For the reasons set forth herein, we must vacate Appellant's convictions and remand for a new trial .