People v. Daugherty

Defendant, Randy C. Daugherty, appeals a judgment of conviction of murder entered in the circuit court of Pike County on January 12, 1982, following a jury trial. Defendant testified at trial that he had stabbed the victim, Robert E. Shepherd, to death on September 14, 1981, but maintained he did so in self-defense. Defendant’s sole contention on appeal is that the trial court committed reversible error in admitting, over defendant’s objection, evidence of a conspiracy entered into by defendant to rob and murder another individual prior to the commission of the offense for which he was…