Sunday, January 16, 2011
Commonwealth's Attorney Requests Psychiatric Evaluation Of Steve Nunn
KENTUCKY....
Fayette Commonwealth's Attorney Ray Larson has asked that former state Representative Steve Nunn undergo a psychiatric evaluation at the Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center at La Grange. Nunn is accused of fatally shooting his former fiancée, 29 year old Amanda Ross, outside her Lexington home September 11, 2009. The prosecutor's office also asked the court to order Nunn to provide the prosecution's psychiatric expert with copies of all records reviewed or considered by Nunn's own expert in an evaluation of Nunn. In late December, Nunn's attorneys notified the court that they intended to use expert testimony and other evidence of mental and/or emotional problems during Nunn's murder trial, which is set to start August 1st. Defense attorney Mark Stanziano of Somerset, who has handled more than a dozen death penalty cases, says the notification did not necessarily mean the defense would introduce expert testimony and other evidence of a mental or emotional condition at the trial, but attorneys are required under state law and rules of criminal procedure to file such a notice in order to be allowed to bring forward such proof.
Fayette Commonwealth's Attorney Ray Larson has asked that former state Representative Steve Nunn undergo a psychiatric evaluation at the Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center at La Grange. Nunn is accused of fatally shooting his former fiancée, 29 year old Amanda Ross, outside her Lexington home September 11, 2009. The prosecutor's office also asked the court to order Nunn to provide the prosecution's psychiatric expert with copies of all records reviewed or considered by Nunn's own expert in an evaluation of Nunn. In late December, Nunn's attorneys notified the court that they intended to use expert testimony and other evidence of mental and/or emotional problems during Nunn's murder trial, which is set to start August 1st. Defense attorney Mark Stanziano of Somerset, who has handled more than a dozen death penalty cases, says the notification did not necessarily mean the defense would introduce expert testimony and other evidence of a mental or emotional condition at the trial, but attorneys are required under state law and rules of criminal procedure to file such a notice in order to be allowed to bring forward such proof.# posted by Homer Owens @ 11:03 PM 
