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Date: 03-21-2022
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Court: 49th Circuit Court, Simpson County, Kentucky
Plaintiff's Attorney: 49th Judicial Circuit Commonwealth Attorney's Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Franklin, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with willful and wanton homicide.
Jordan Alfrod, age 27, of Portland, Tennessee was indicted for his roll in the killing of Damian Cook, age 19, who was killed in Franklin, on August 7, 2018.
Cook was found Aug. 7, 2018, in a garage at Broderson Mobile Home Community in Franklin that served as his home. Cook died from his injuries four days later at TriStar Skyline Medical Center in Nashville.
Defendant claimed that he acted in self-defense and alleged that Cook lunged at him with a knife.
Kentucky's 507.020 Murder.
(1) A person is guilty of murder when:
(a) With intent to cause the death of another person, he causes the death of such
person or of a third person; except that in any prosecution a person shall not
be guilty under this subsection if he acted under the influence of extreme
emotional disturbance for which there was a reasonable explanation or excuse,
the reasonableness of which is to be determined from the viewpoint of a
person in the defendant's situation under the circumstances as the defendant
believed them to be. However, nothing contained in this section shall
constitute a defense to a prosecution for or preclude a conviction of
manslaughter in the first degree or any other crime; or
(b) Including, but not limited to, the operation of a motor vehicle under
circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to human life, he wantonly
engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death to another person and
thereby causes the death of another person.
(2) Murder is a capital offense.
Outcome: Defendant was found guilty with a recommendation that he be sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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