Brown v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice ABRAMSON.

Phillip Brown appeals from an August 21, 2006 judgment of the Warren Circuit Court, convicting him of first-degree burglary, in violation of KRS 511.020; of first-degree robbery, in violation of KRS 515.020; and of murder, in violation of KRS 507.020. Brown was sentenced to consecutive twenty-year prison terms for *588both the burglary and the robbery, and he was sentenced to death for the murder. The Commonwealth alleged, and the jury found, that during the early morning hours of January 11, 2001, Brown forcibly entered the residence of Sherry Bland and…