Turner v. Commonwealth

The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court sentencing Appellant to thirty years’ imprisonment for murder and for being a first-degree persistent felony offender. The Court held that the trial court (1) did not err by permitting the Commonwealth to elicit testimony from the coroner about the victim’s estimated time of death; (2) did not err by denying Appellant’s motion to continue the trial; (3) did not err by disqualifying one of Appellant’s attorneys; (4) erred by admitting evidence about the victim’s state of mind prior to his murder, but the error was harmless; and (5) did not err by instructing the jury as to self-defense and extreme emotional disturbance. View "Turner v. Commonwealth" on Justia Law