Coulthard v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice SCOTT.

Appellant, Andrew Dean Coulthard, was convicted by a Fayette County jury of manslaughter in the first degree and tampering with physical evidence. For these crimes, Appellant was sentenced to a total of twenty-five years in prison. Appellant now appeals to this Court as a matter of right. Ky. Const. § 110(2)(b). For the reasons set forth herein, we affirm Appellant’s convictions.

On November 13, 2003, Appellant fatally shot eighteen-year-old Brian Brown in the neck. At trial, Appellant claimed he went looking for Brown that night because he believed that…