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    Steve Nunn Pleads Guilty in 2009 KY Slaying of Amanda Ross Receives LWOP

    Nunn Could Face Death Penalty


    Commonwealth's Attorney Ray Larson will decide in coming weeks whether to seek the death penalty in the murder case against former gubernatorial candidate and state legislator Steve Nunn.

    Nunn, who was charged late Monday with the murder of his former fiancée Amanda Ross, would be eligible for the death penalty because he also allegedly violated a protective order in place at the time of Ross's shooting death.

    Police believe that Nunn shot Ross in the parking lot of her gated townhouse complex early Friday morning in Lexington.

    Larson would not comment on the case or whether he would seek the death penalty against Nunn on Tuesday. But the long-time Fayette County Commonwealth Attorney is widely known for not cutting deals in murder cases and typically files for the death penalty if there is an aggregating factor in the murder, defense attorneys said Tuesday.

    If Larson seeks the death penalty, the already high-profile murder case will come under even more scrutiny, defense attorneys said.

    "Any prosecutor is going to feel concern and pressure anytime you have a situation where it could warrant a death penalty," said Bill Johnson, a long-time criminal defense attorney in Frankfort.

    Both Nunn and Ross are from well-known families.

    Nunn's father, Louie Nunn, was governor from 1967 to 1971. Nunn was a state legislator from 1995 to 2006 and took a job as deputy secretary of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services in 2008. He resigned that post in March after he allegedly hit Ross, who was granted a domestic violence order of protection by a Fayette County judge.

    Ross's late father, Terrell Ross, founded the well-known financial company Ross, Sinclaire & Associates, which has deep political ties. Amanda Ross, who worked at the Kentucky Department of Insurance, was also well-known in Frankfort political circles.

    Many prosecutors and criminal defense lawyers said Tuesday that factors other than political pressure determine whether a prosecutor asks a jury to consider the death penalty.

    "Political pressure has nothing to do with it," said Mark Stanziano, a defense attorney based in Somerset. "Anytime there is a homicide with an aggravator, they charge it as a death penalty case."

    Still, many juries are hesitant to deliver death sentences. There are 36 people on Kentucky's death row, according to the Kentucky Department of Corrections. Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, Kentucky has executed 3 people.

    Commonwealth Attorney Larry Cleveland said it's been decades since a Franklin County jury has returned a death verdict.

    "When I make that determination, I look at the county that I am in and determine how likely is it that the jury is going to return the death penalty," Cleveland said.

    In Fayette County, the last time a jury recommended a death sentence was in 2000, when Virginia Caudill and Jonathan Wayne Goforth were convicted in the beating death of a 73-old woman. Caudill and Goforth also stole from the woman, stuck her body in the trunk of a car and set the car on fire.

    Stanziano has represented defendants in more than a dozen death penalty cases. Only one of those defendants received the death penalty and that sentence was later overturned by the appellate court, Stanziano said.

    Juries typically don't return death sentences unless there are multiple deaths or if children are involved, Stanziano said.

    Not all murders are death penalty cases. In order to be eligible for the death penalty, the murder has must be committed during the commission of another crime, such as burglary, robbery, rape or sodomy. A murder of a police officer, public official or multiple people also qualifies as a death penalty case.

    Stanziano said most prosecutors automatically file for the death penalty if it qualifies under the statute so they will not be accused of favoritism.

    "No one can accuse you of being a racist or being a politician," Stanziano said. "But they're abdicating their responsibility to look at these cases to determine if (the death penalty) is a legitimate response."

    Commonwealth Attorney Eddy Montgomery prosecuted one of the most high-profile murders in recent history — the 2002 shooting death of Pulaski County Sheriff Sam Catron. Police arrested the shooter, Danny Shelley, and 2 other men who prosecutors believed planned the hit on Catron.

    Shelley was eligible for the death penalty, but Montgomery offered Shelley a life sentence instead of death in exchange for testimony against the other 2 men.

    Montgomery said Catron's family gave their blessing to the plea deal.

    "If the victim's families are okay with it; then the public is generally okay with it," Montgomery said. "We're elected officials. We have to consider public opinion."

    http://www.kentucky.com/1084/story/937531.html

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    Ex-Kentucky legislator Nunn was ordered not to own gun

    Linda Blackford and Valarie Honeycutt Spears - The Lexington Herald-Leader An emergency protective order filed against former state legislator Steve Nunn by his one-time fiancee specifically prohibited him from the possession or purchase of a firearm.

    The domestic violence order obtained by Amanda Ross in March says that "in order to assist in eliminating specific acts of domestic violence and abuse: Respondent is further ordered not to possess, purchase, or attempt to possess, purchase or obtain a firearm during the duration of this order."

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    Kentucky's Nunn requested new details for his gravestone

    Bill Estep - Lexington Herald-Leader GLASGOW, Ky. — A day before former state Rep. Steve Nunn was found by state police in a Hart County cemetery with his wrists slit, he stopped by Borders Monument Co. to make a request: He wanted to add some details to his gravestone.

    Abe Shelton, owner of the Glasgow business that specializes in monuments and memorials, said Nunn came in Thursday to discuss designs and wrote down what he wanted to say on the stone. His request freaked out Shelton.

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    Arrest warrant: Kentucky's Nunn said he 'wanted revenge'

    Bill Estep and Ashlee Clark - Lexington Herald-Leader MUNFORDVILLE, Ky. — Former state Rep. Steve Nunn told Kentucky state police hours after his former fiancee was shot to death that he "was at the end of his rope and wanted revenge" because of a domestic violence dispute with the woman, according to arrest records filed in Hart County.

    Nunn also relayed his feelings in a seven-page letter in which he used "derogatory terms" in reference to Amanda Ross,his former fiancee, according to an arrest warrant.

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    Death penalty possible in Nunn's case

    Former Kentucky lawmaker Steve Nunn was indicted on a capital murder charge Tuesday, nearly 2 months after his arrest in the shooting death of his ex-fiancee.

    Fayette Circuit Judge Kim Bunnell read the charges handed down by a Fayette County grand jury, which included 1 count of murder and 1 count of violating an emergency protective order. The order was obtained months before Amanda Ross was shot and killed Sept. 11 outside her Lexington home.

    Nunn, the son of former Gov. Louie Nunn, did not attend. He remained held without bond on the murder charge.

    His arraignment was set for Nov. 19. Nunn pleaded not guilty to the charges a week after his arrest.

    His attorney, Warren Scoville, did not immediately return a message.

    Commonwealth’s Attorney Ray Larson met with the grand jury Tuesday but declined to comment about the case. Larson hasn’t said if he will seek the death penalty.

    The Louisville Courier-Journal reported Nunn’s daughters Courtney, 25, and Mary, 28, testified before the grand jury. Courtney left the closed session crying. Both women declined to comment, the paper reported.

    Last week, Nunn was indicted in Hart County on wanton endangerment charges stemming from his arrest at a cemetery where he was accused of firing a gun near six police officers hours after Ross was killed. Police found the former lawmaker with self-inflicted cuts on his wrists.

    (source: Associated Press)

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    The prosecutor in the murder case against former state Rep. Steve Nunn declined Thursday to say whether he plans to seek the death penalty.

    Nunn, 57, of Glasgow, pleaded not guilty in Fayette Circuit Court to charges of murder and violating a domestic violence protective order.

    He appeared via video hookup from the Fayette County Detention Center, where he is being held without bond.

    The plea was entered for him by his attorney, Warren Scoville of London. Fayette Circuit Judge Kimberly Bunnell set a status conference hearing in the case for Jan. 15.

    After the hearing, Fayette County Commonwealth’s Attorney Ray Larson wouldn’t comment on the question of the death penalty.

    “We’re going along one thing at a time,” he said. “Today was the arraignment and we’ve set a status hearing. In the meantime, Mr. Scoville, on behalf of the defendant, will request discovery and we’ll provide it. It’s pretty voluminous.”

    Nunn, who served 16 years in the House, was indicted earlier this month in the murder of Amanda Ross, 29, a director in the state Department of Insurance, who was shot to death Sept. 11 outside her Lexington townhouse.

    Ross had a domestic violence protective order against Nunn at the time of the murder, and that constitutes an aggravating circumstance allowing prosecutors to seek the death penalty.

    Nunn, wearing a green jumpsuit and full black and gray beard, answered “yes, ma’am” when Bunnell confirmed that his name was Stephen Roberts Nunn.

    He didn’t speak again during the arraignment proceeding, which lasted less than a minute.

    Larson told Bunnell that he did not want to set a date for a pre-trial conference yet because of the voluminous evidence and the many motions he expects from both sides during the discovery process.

    ’’’Larson said he does not know if Scoville plans to ask to have the trial moved to another county. Scoville declined to comment after the hearing.

    About a dozen family members and friends of Ross attended Thursday’s hearing.

    Melanie Smith, who works for Ross Sinclaire & Associates, a brokerage firm started by Ross’ father, said her death was devastating.

    “She was just such a delightful person,” said Smith, of Georgetown. “It’s just a life that was cut too soon.”

    Ross and Nunn became engaged in October 2008 after dating for less than a year. But the engagement was short-lived, and an incident on Feb. 17 of this year led to a misdemeanor charge of domestic violence against Nunn.

    The next month a judge ordered Nunn to have no contact with Ross for a year, and shortly after that he resigned his position as deputy secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

    Nunn also faces six counts of wanton endangerment stemming from his Sept. 11 arrest in Hart County. He has pleaded not guilty to those charges.

    That indictment alleges that Nunn fired a gun as law enforcement officers approached him at the cemetery where his parents — former Gov. Louie B. Nunn and Beula Nunn — are buried.

    The officers wanted to question Nunn about Ross’ shooting death earlier that day.

    http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091119/NEWS01/911190333/1008/rss01

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    Prosecutors to seek death penalty against Steve Nunn

    LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - The Fayette County prosecutor has filed the paperwork to seek the death penalty against former state lawmaker Steve Nunn in the murder of his ex-fiancée.

    29-year-old Amanda Ross was shot outside her Lexington home on the morning of September 11, 2009. Nunn was later arrested that day at a Hart County cemetery after attempting suicide.

    On April 5, a Fayette Circuit Judge ruled Nunn is competent to stand trial in the case.

    http://www.wave3.com/global/story.asp?s=12266356

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    Nunn's computer hard drive, child porn to be focus of July hearing

    Hearing set on request to search external hard drive given to friend



    An external hard drive belonging to murder defendant Steve Nunn will be the subject of a hearing July 8 in Fayette Circuit Court.

    Police, while investigating the Sept. 11 shooting death of 29-year-old Amanda Ross of Lexington, had begun a forensic examination of the external hard drive but stopped when they came across an image of what appeared to them to be child pornography, according to documents that were unsealed Wednesday in Fayette Circuit Court.

    The external hard drive was found in a box that Nunn had asked his friend Johnny Hutchison of Barren County to hide for him the night before the killing, according to court records. In addition to the external hard drive, police found nude photographs of Ross and other women, along with comments about them, in the box, according to an affidavit by Lexington police detective Todd Iddings.



    On the morning of the fatal shooting, Hutchison called the Barren County sheriff about the box on the advice of his attorney, Bobby Richardson, according to court records. Several hours later, Sheriff Chris Eaton picked up the box, as well as a vase or jar, that Nunn had given Hutchison for safekeeping, according to court records.

    A commonwealth's attorney's office's motion for a court order to search the external hard drive and the defense's response to that motion, both of which were filed in April, had been sealed until this week.

    Fayette Circuit Judge Pamela Goodwine unsealed those documents this week when she set the July 8 hearing date for the motion.

    The commonwealth's attorney's office maintains that no search warrant was needed for the police search of the hard drive because Nunn had voluntarily relinquished control of the box and its contents to Hutchison, who, in turn, had voluntarily relinquished control of the items to Eaton. Prosecutors said they were asking for the court order "in an abundance of caution" because evidence of child pornography that might not be related to the Ross killing had been found on the hard drive.

    "The motion speaks for itself, and beyond that, it really would be inappropriate to make any additional comments," Fayette Commonwealth's Attorney Ray Larson said Thursday.

    Attorneys for Nunn, a former state representative who is accused of killing Ross, his former fiancée, have argued in their response to the prosecution's request that police had no legal right to begin the forensic investigation of the hard drive. They also said that Lexington police and Eaton — who opened the taped-shut box before giving it to Lexington police — had no right to search the box. The defense attorneys maintain that Nunn had an expectation of privacy when it came to the box and its contents, and that Hutchison, who has described himself as Nunn's best friend, had no authority to consent to a police search of the items.

    The defense attorneys, who said Nunn's constitutional rights have been violated, are asking the court to deny the prosecution's request for a court order. They also have asked the court not to allow items that were in the box to be introduced as evidence in the case.

    Bette Niemi, one of Nunn's attorneys, declined to comment Thursday.

    Ross was shot early in the morning of Sept. 11 outside her Opera House Square townhouse. Nunn, 57, was found later that morning near the graves of his parents, former Kentucky Gov. Louie Nunn and Beula Nunn, in a Hart County cemetery near the Barren County line.

    Steve Nunn was holding a .38-caliber revolver and a hunting knife and appeared to have cut himself on the wrist, according to court records. Nunn fired the gun once into the air as six police officers approached him, according to authorities. Nunn is facing six counts of wanton endangerment in Hart County stemming from that incident.

    Nunn is being held in the Fayette County jail. The prosecution is seeking the death penalty.


    http://www.kentucky.com/2010/06/11/1301562/nunns-hard-drive-child-porn-to.html

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    Box of evidence is subject of Nunn hearing



    A box of personal items that murder defendant Steve Nunn asked a friend to keep for him the night before Amanda Ross was killed in Lexington was the subject of a hearing lasting more than two hours Thursday in Fayette Circuit Court.

    Prosecutors were seeking a court order to continue a search of an external hard drive found in the box. Lexington police had begun searching the hard drive, but stopped after they found an image of what they believed to be child pornography, which might not be related to the Ross killing, according to prosecutors.

    Attorneys for Nunn are against the court order and do not want the items that were in the box to be introduced as evidence. Nunn's attorneys say the box was sealed when Nunn gave it to his friend and authorities had no legal right to open and search the box and the hard drive.



    After hearing testimony from several key witnesses — including Lexington police detective Todd Iddings, Barren County Sheriff Chris Eaton and Johnny Hutchison, Nunn's friend — Judge Pamela Goodwine decided to continue the hearing on Aug. 19.

    Nunn, a former state lawmaker and the son of former Kentucky Gov. Louie Nunn, is accused of fatally shooting 29-year-old Ross, his former fiancée, on Sept. 11 outside her Lexington home.

    Nunn did not appear at Thursday's hearing.

    Sheriff Eaton testified Thursday that he picked up the box at Hutchison's home in Barren County, and that he and other officers in the sheriff's department looked inside the box to make sure there were no safety hazards. The sheriff said he saw what appeared to be a family photo album and loose pictures of naked women, several of whom he recognized. He said he did not remember the box being taped shut and that he did not look through the photo album.

    Hutchison testified that the box was taped shut when he took it out of his vehicle, where Nunn had placed it the night before the killing, and when he gave it to the sheriff.

    Hutchison said that, in addition to the box, Nunn had placed a "small, urn-like thing" in his vehicle after Nunn called him the night before the killing and asked him to keep some items for him.

    "He (Nunn) just said he'd get them later," Hutchison said.

    Prosecutors argued that Nunn had no intention of retrieving the box; he abandoned it.

    Hours after Ross's shooting, Iddings said police found Nunn near the graves of his parents in a Hart County cemetery with the help of Nunn's ex-wife, Tracey Damron, and Nunn's sister, Jennie Lou Nunn Penn.

    Damron, who was contacted by police just after the shooting, told them she thought they would find Nunn in the cemetery, Iddings said. Damron gave police Penn's phone number, and Penn gave them more specific directions to the cemetery, he said.

    Steve Nunn turned a gun toward himself and fired as officers approached him, then fell to the ground, but there was no evidence Nunn had shot himself, Iddings said. Later, Nunn asked the officers to turn their backs and leave him alone for a couple of minutes so he could finish the job, Iddings said.

    Police found a folder labeled "Psycho Bitch File" on the front passenger seat of a car that Nunn had driven to the cemetery, Iddings said. Inside the folder were what appeared to be fliers made for distribution with semi-nude photos of Ross and unflattering comments about her on them, the detective said. Later, police found gunshot primer residue on the car's steering wheel and gearshift, he said.

    Iddings said that the vase, or urn, which was with the box he obtained from the sheriff, contained a small amount of marijuana. Another Lexington police detective said that the image police found on the hard drive was that of a 10- to 12-year-old female.

    Among the media present at Thursday's hearing were two producers from the CBS Show 48 Hours. One of the producers, Peter Henderson, said they were researching and investigating the Nunn case because they think it might be an interesting story.

    The prosecution is seeking the death penalty in the Nunn case.

    Read more: http://www.kentucky.com/2010/07/09/1341303/box-of-evidence-subject-of-nunn.html#ixzz0tCbZ7yaU

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    Mother Urges Judges To Use Amanda's Bill

    Ten months after Amanda Ross was gunned
    down outside her downtown Lexington townhouse, a new domestic
    violence law inspired by the state worker's death will take effect
    Thursday.

    Amanda's Bill allows judges to order those who violate a
    domestic violence order to wear a global positioning system
    tracking device to help ensure that abusers remain the required
    distance from victims. It also allows felony charges to be pressed
    against violators who attempt to remove a court-ordered tracking
    device.

    The slain woman's mother, Diana Ross, is imploring judges to use
    the new law at every possible opportunity.

    "I'm pleading with the judges to use their common sense and
    order this," she said. "Every domestic violence case should be
    looked at as a potential homicide."

    Former state Rep. Steve Nunn, a 57-year-old Glasgow Republican
    and son of the late Gov. Louie B. Nunn, was charged with shooting
    Amanda Ross early in the morning last Sept. 11. Nunn has pleaded
    not guilty and is being held in the Fayette County Detention
    Center. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.

    Ross, who was 29, had obtained a domestic violence protective
    order against Nunn after the breakup of their engagement.

    http://www.lex18.com/news/mother-urges-judges-to-use-amandas-bill1/

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    Mother sues Opera House Square; says gated community didn't protect Ross



    The mother of Amanda Ross has filed a lawsuit against the gated community where her daughter lived and was gunned down last September, alleging that officials allowed former State Rep. Steve Nunn to gain access to the facility after Ross told them she had an active emergency protective order against him.

    The lawsuit was filed Thursday in Fayette Circuit Court by Diana M. Ross as personal representative of the estate of Amanda Ross. It names Opera House Square I LTD., as well as several townhouse and homeowner's associations under the Opera House Square name, as defendants and seeks an undetermined amount of money for injuries and damages.

    Amanda Ross, 29, was found shot outside her Opera House Square town home on Sept. 11. Nunn, 57, is charged with murder and violating a domestic violence order of protection in the slaying. The prosecution is seeking the death penalty. Nunn has pleaded not guilty to the charges.



    Analy Scorsone, a board member of the Opera House Square Townhouses corporation, said the organization was not prepared to comment.

    According to the lawsuit, Nunn had been granted access to the complex when he lived with Ross, his former fiancée, in 2008.

    After filing a domestic violence complaint in February, 2009, Amanda Ross "expressly requested that the board take steps to eliminate Nunn's access to the premise, which would have included changing the access code and the key to the gate."

    "The actions and/or inactions of Opera House Square were a substantial factor in causing the death of Ms. Ross," the suit says.

    R. Burl McCoy, attorney for Diana Ross, said Amanda Ross paid homeowner's fees to maintain security at the complex.

    "You're entitled to a safe place to live, and especially in a gated community," he said.

    Diana Ross is also suing Cincinnati Insurance Company, which the lawsuit says provides insurance to the community, for breach of contract.

    According to the lawsuit, Cincinnati Insurance denied to cover medical expenses for Amanda Ross even though she "paid dues which were used to purchase the policy with Cincinnati."

    "Cincinnati breached the applicable policy by, among other things, failing to compensate plaintiff for ambulance, medical, hospital and funeral services."

    From Cincinnati Insurance, Diana Ross is seeking an undetermined amount for injuries and damages, as well as punitive damages.

    Joan Shevchik, a spokeswoman for Cincinnati Insurance, issued the following comment: "When a lawsuit is filed, we respect the rights of all parties and the court process. We don't generally comment while it's in the hands of the court."

    Amanda Ross's family also has a wrongful death lawsuit pending in Fayette circuit court against Nunn. She is seeking damages for pain and suffering, medical expenses, Ross's funeral costs and the loss of her future earning capacity as well as punitive damages.

    Read more: http://www.kentucky.com/2010/07/17/1351956/mother-sues-opera-house-says-gated.html#ixzz0ty1SCDwk

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    Steve Nunn's attorneys say he should not face possible death penalty



    "Aggravated penalties," including the death penalty, should not be considered as possible punishment in the murder case against Steve Nunn, says Bette Niemi, one of Nunn's attorneys.

    The attorney, in a document filed recently in Fayette Circuit Court, says Kentucky laws that prosecutors are relying on to support their argument for the death penalty are vague and unconstitutional.

    One of those laws pertains to someone being murdered when an emergency protective order or domestic violence order is in effect. Prosecutors alleged Nunn killed his former fiancée, Amanda Ross, 29, while a domestic violence order involving the two was in effect, which constitutes an aggravating circumstance under which the death penalty should be considered.



    Niemi says there is no meaningful standard of proof for the issuance of a domestic violence order in Kentucky and the definition of individuals to be protected in a DVO is unclear. And she says Kentucky law fails to provide for any consideration of the effect an improperly entered DVO might have on an alleged perpetrator. Niemi says the evidence introduced at a March 2009 DVO hearing involving Nunn and Ross did not support a finding that any act of domestic violence had occurred between the two. The DVO that was issued is invalid, unenforceable and does not support the claim of an aggravating circumstance, Niemi maintains.

    Prosecutors, in another document filed with the court, maintain that the law is clear and that violation of a court order is a valid aggravating circumstance. They said that, according to a Kentucky Supreme Court ruling in another case, the challenging of a DVO must be done before the DVO is violated or used as an aggravating circumstance.

    "A valid domestic violence order and a 'no contact' order were entered to protect Amanda Ross from the defendant. The defendant is charged with the murder of Amanda Ross, in clear violation of the Fayette court orders and the laws of the commonwealth," prosecutors said.

    Nunn is accused of shooting Ross outside her home on Sept. 11. Court documents indicate the two had a tumultuous relationship since 2007. Police were called to the Ross home on several occasions. In October 2008, Nunn called police to the residence because he said Ross refused to allow him to leave. In January 2009, Ross called police and told the responding officers Nunn wanted to leave but she wouldn't let him, Niemi says. After the January 2009 incident Ross was advised to seek an emergency protective order or file a complaint in district court, but she did not do so, according to prosecutors.

    In February 2009, police were called to the Ross home after Ross and Nunn had a fight in which the two allegedly exchanged blows. Ross filed a petition in Fayette District Court claiming she was the victim of domestic violence. An emergency protective order was issued, and Nunn was charged with assault and criminal mischief. A judge issued a domestic violence order with the condition that Nunn have no contact with Ross for a year.

    There have been a flurry of document filings in Fayette Circuit Court as prosecution and defense attorneys argue the finer points of law in the Nunn case. A hearing on some of the issues will be held Aug. 19.

    Late last week, the commonwealth's attorney's office filed responses to several motions made by the defense to suppress or exclude evidence.

    Prosecutors said the gathering of evidence and information, or discovery, in the case was not finished. They noted that orders had been entered allowing Nunn to be examined by his own mental health expert, but Nunn had not given notice that he would be relying on mental disease or defect in his defense. Earlier this year, Nunn underwent court-ordered psychiatric testing and was found competent to stand trial.

    Prosecutors, in one court document, argued against a defense motion to suppress Nunn's statement to police after the killing, saying Nunn fully understood his rights when he talked to police.

    Prosecutors also argued against a motion to exclude evidence about Nunn's relationship with his former wife, Martha Lu Nunn, saying that, according to a witness, Steve Nunn was as mad at Martha Lu Nunn as he was Amanda Ross. The witness said that Nunn had made statements that both women destroyed his life, prosecutors said.

    In response to a defense motion to exclude evidence concerning the relationship between Nunn and his father, former Kentucky Gov. Louie Nunn, prosecutors said that they do not anticipate introducing evidence of that nature.

    Louie Nunn and Steve Nunn had a falling-out during the divorce between Louie and Beula Nunn in 1994. Louie Nunn, in a letter filed with divorce documents, accused his son of attacking him.

    http://www.kentucky.com/2010/08/10/1384651/steve-nunns-attorneys-say-he-should.html

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    Attorneys for Steve Nunn say he shouldn't face possible death penalty

    Attorneys for former representative Steve Nunn say he shouldn't face a possible death penalty in a Lexington murder case against him.


    Nunn is accused of killing his former fiancé, Amanda Ross, last September while an emergency protective order was in place to protect her.


    Nunn's lawyers have filed paperwork saying the laws prosecutors are relying on to support their death penalty argument are vague and unconstitutional.


    His next court date is August 19

    http://www.whas11.com/news/local/Attorneys-for-Steve-Nunn-say-he-shouldnt-face-possible-death-penalty-100435839.html

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