Joseph Capstraw v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

RENDERED: FEBRUARY 24, 2022 TO BE PUBLISHED Supreme Court of Kentucky 2020-SC-0186-MR JOSEPH CAPSTRAW APPELLANT ON APPEAL FROM HARDIN CIRCUIT COURT V. HONORABLE KELLY EASTON, JUDGE NO. 18-CR-00696 COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY APPELLEE OPINION OF THE COURT BY JUSTICE LAMBERT AFFIRMING IN PART AND VACATING IN PART Joseph Capstraw (Capstraw) was convicted of murder and sentenced to fifty years of imprisonment following a jury trial. He brings this appeal as a matter of right.1 He asserts that his conviction must be reversed because: (1) the trial court allowed the admission of eight gruesome…