Gary Steven Bond v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

JUSTICE KELLER

A jury found Gary Steven Bond (Bond) guilty of murder and sodomy in the first degree. The court, consistent with the jury’s recommendation, sentenced Bond to life without the possibility of parole for 25 years on the murder conviction. 1 The court, consistent with an agreement between Bond and the Commonwealth, sentenced Bond to 20 years’ imprisonment on the sodomy charge, to run concurrently with the sentence for murder. Bond appeals his convictions arguing: (1) the court should have suppressed a statement he gave to police; (2) absent suppression, the…