Hunter v. Commonwealth

STEPHENS, Chief Justice.

This is a direct appeal from the judgment of the Clark Circuit Court which sentenced appellant, James D. Hunter, to death following a conviction of murder. He also received a life sentence for his conviction on the charge of arson in the first degree.

FACTS

In the early morning hours of June 25, 1990, Debbie Sue Stratton Hunter burned to death in a fire that began in the bedroom of her home. Three days later appellant, her husband of approximately five weeks, was arrested and charged with capital murder and arson. The Commonwealth’s case against appellant consisted of…