Hendley v. Commonwealth

STERNBERG, Justice.

On April 1, 1977, the Simpson County Grand Jury returned two indictments against the appellant; one charged him with first-degree arson (KRS 513.020(1)) and the other charged him with two counts of murder (KRS 507.020(l)(b)), to all of which the appellant pled not guilty. A two-day trial resulted in the appellant’s being found guilty of arson in the third degree and two counts of manslaughter in the second degree. His punishment was fixed at five years’ imprisonment on the arson charge and ten years’ each on the manslaughter charges. The three sentences were ordered to run…