Raeber v. Commonwealth

STEPHENSON, Justice.

Herman G. Raeber was convicted of murder, KRS 507.020, and first-degree assault, KRS 508.010. Raeber was sentenced to life imprisonment on the conviction of murder and to a term of ten years’ imprisonment on the conviction of first-degree assault. The sentences were adjudged to run consecutively. We affirm.

Raeber and his wife, Wanda L. Raeber, were married for twenty-three years. For two years prior to the incident which gave rise to this prosecution, Raeber was unemployed due to an allergy condition. While Raeber was out of work, Wanda Raeber was employed at a nursing…