Cole D. Ross v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

JUSTICE VENTERS

Appellant, Cole Douglas Ross, appeals from a judgment of the Graves Circuit Court convicting him of murder and first-degree arson, and sentencing him to. two concurrent terms of life imprisonment. On appeal, Appellant contends that his convictions must be reversed because (1) he was entitled to a directed verdict based upon the “inherent unbelievability” of the Commonwealth’s principal witness, Tonya Simmons; (2) the trial court erred by denying his motion for a mistrial; and (3) the prosecutor engaged in impermissible closing argument. For the reasons…