Melinda Turner v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

Summary

The Court affirmed Turner's murder and persistent-felony-offender convictions and thirty-year sentence. It upheld admission of the coroner's time-of-death testimony, denial of a further continuance, and disqualification of conflicted co-counsel, but held that victim-state-of-mind evidence was improperly admitted yet harmless. It also held that the evidence did not warrant self-defense or extreme-emotional-disturbance instructions.