Brown v. Commonwealth

GRANT M. HELMAN, Special Justice.

On December 16, 1996, following an eight day jury trial in the Jefferson Circuit Court, Nathaniel Brown, Jr. (“Appellant” herein) was convicted of committing the intentional murder of his former wife, Cynthia Brown and of the attempted murder of Ms. Brown’s fiancee, Greg Barker. The Appellant received concurrent sentences for said convictions of thirty and ten years respectively. After unsuccessfully moving the trial court for a new trial, the Appellant instituted this appeal.

The Appellant’s convictions stem from an incident occurring at his home on August 23,…