Commonwealth v. Vincent

JOHNSTONE, Justice.

Appellant, Teresa Fay Vincent, was convicted of murder and sentenced to twenty-five years’ imprisonment. The sole issue on appeal is whether the domestic violence exemption of KRS 533.060(1) exempts Yin-*423cent from the terms of the violent offender statute of KRS 439.3401. We hold that it does not and reverse the trial court on this issue.

On September 9, 1998, Vincent shot and killed her ex-husband, Bryan Hitchcock. According to Vincent, she went to Hitchcock’s home because she caught him in a lie and wanted to talk with him about it. She went armed with a handgun. Hitchcock…