Legal Opinion
Yell v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided December 21, 2007No. 2006-SC-000327-MRPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION OF THE COURT
Robert Yell
appeals his conviction for First-Degree Arson, Firsb-Degree Assault, Second-Degree Manslaughter, and Second-Degree PFO for intentionally causing the house fire which killed his two-year-old son and severely injured his eleven-month-old daughter. Upon review of Yell’s claims of error, we adjudge there was no error that warranted reversal. Hence, we affirm.
In 2004, Robert Yell was living in a trailer in Russellville with his girlfriend, April Carpenter, their two children, Sara-lynn Yell, eleven months old, and Cameron Yell, two years old, and April’s…
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