Walker v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice SCOTT.

On June 5, 2007, Appellant, Christian Walker, was found guilty by a Jefferson Circuit Court jury and convicted of complicity to murder, complicity to robbery in the first-degree, complicity to assault in the second-degree, and complicity to tampering with physical evidence. For these crimes, Appellant was sentenced to fifty (50) years imprisonment. Appellant now appeals his conviction as a matter of right. Ky. Const. § 110(2)(b).

I. Background

On December 8, 2004, Phillip Thomas was living with his mother, Shirley Thomas, and his wife, Jutta Whitlow, on…