Mullins v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice NOBLE.

Appellant, James Demetrius Mullins, was convicted of murder, tampering with physical evidence and persistent felony offender in the first degree. Appellant was sentenced to 35 years in prison. Appellant’s conviction for murder is affirmed and his conviction for tampering with physical evidence is reversed.

I. Background

On the day of Dominic Faulkner’s death, he and T.J. Cayson were dropped off near Whitney Avenue in Lexington by Faulkner’s girlfriend so they could buy marijuana. Afterwards, he and Cayson got a ride from an unknown man in a white van and…