Lewis v. Commonwealth

COOPER, Justice.

Appellant Jerry Lee Lewis was indicted by a Fayette County grand jury for assault in the first degree and resisting arrest following his shooting of Lexington Metro Police Officer Tim Russell on June 30,1996. Appellant was subsequently convicted of both charges and sentenced to twenty years in prison. He appeals to this Court as a matter of right. Ky. Const. § 110(2)(b).

On the night of June 30, 1996, Officer Russell responded to a “911 call” from the Wooden Shoe Farm in Fayette County, Kentucky, advising that Appellant had made terroristic telephone calls and was en route to…