Washington v. Commonwealth

On December 15, 1997, a Franklin County grand jury indicted Appellant, Toma Washington, on one count of capital murder, one count of robbery in the first-degree, and one count of being a persistent felony offender in the second degree. The charges stemmed from a shooting which occurred on December 3, 1997, following a fight in South Frankfort between a friend of Appellant’s, Ben Child, and Rodney Williams. Evidently, when the fight was over, Appellant approached Williams and fatally shot him once in the chest. On May 12, 1998, Appellant was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life…