Benjamin v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice SCOTT.

Appellant, Marcus Benjamin, appeals as a matter of right his murder conviction from a Graves Circuit Court jury, wherein he was sentenced to life imprisonment. This Court now reviews his conviction pursuant to Kentucky Constitution § 110(2)(b).

Appellant raises multiple issues on appeal, to wit: 1) an alleged violation of Brady v. Maryland, in which Appellant claims the Commonwealth failed to provide him with certain exculpatory evidence; 2) whether the trial judge erred by allowing a combination instruction for murder and for denying an Extreme Emotional…