Johnson v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the court by

Justice COOPER.

Sometime prior to 12:30 p.m. on June 12, 1995, Appellant Terry Johnson’s father, Stanford Johnson, was strangled to death in their home. A Jefferson Circuit Court jury convicted Appellant of his father’s murder and sentenced him to imprisonment for life. He appeals to this Court as a matter of right, Ky. Const. § 110(2)(b). The primary issue on appeal is whether the testimony of a hair analysis expert should have been suppressed. Appellant *260also asserts that the Commonwealth should not have been granted a continuance after the completion of jury selection,…