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Phillip BROWN
Classification: Murderer
Characteristics:
Robbery
Number of victims: 1
Date of murder:
January 12,
2001
Date
of arrest:August 13,
2002
Date of birth:
August 31,
1980
Victim profile: Sherry Bland
Method of murder: Stabbing
with knife
Location: Adair County, Kentucky, USA
Status: Sentenced to life without
the possibility of parole for a period of 25 years on November 12, 2003.
Resentenced to death on August 19, 2006
BROWN, PHILLIP,
DOB 8-31-80, on January 12, 2001, the Kentucky
State Police received a call reporting a death inside the city limits of
Columbia, Adair County, KY. Upon arrival at the scene the investigator
found the body of Sherry Bland. Ms. Bland appeared to have been beaten
with a blunt instrument and stabbed. After leaving the scene and
interviewing witnesses it was learned that a 27" color television was
missing.
On August 13, 2002, Phillip Brown was indicted on
case 02CR00101, charging him with Murder, first-degree burglary and
first-degree robbery. Brown was arraigned on September 15, 2002.
On November 12, 2003 he was sentenced to life without
the possibility of parole for a period of 25 years on the charge of
murder, 15 years on the charge of first-degree burglary, and 10-years on
the first-degree robbery charge. The 15-year sentence and the 10-year
sentence were to be served consecutively, for a total of 25 years, but
concurrently to the life sentence.
The case was appealed. A change of venue was granted
transferring the case from Adair Circuit to Warren Circuit Court. On
May 12, 2006 the Jury returned the verdict of guilty on the charge of
murder, and recommended Death. The jury returned a verdict of guilty on
the charge of first-degree burglary and recommended a sentence of 20
years. They also returned a guilty verdict on the charge of first-degree
robbery and recommended 25 years. The burglary and robbery charges were
ordered to be served consecutively with each other.
On August 19, 2006 Brown was sentenced to Death for
murder. He was also sentenced to 20 years for each of the robbery and
burglary charges, to be served consecutively for a total of 40 years.
Phillip Brown– black, age 21
Sentenced to death in Warren County, Kentucky
By: A judge, after a recommendation of death by a jury
Date of crime: Jan. 12, 2001
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Sherry Bland was beaten and
stabbed to death in her apartment over a color television. Brown was
convicted of her murder in 2003, and received a life sentence without
parole for at least 25 years. He was also found guilty of robbery and
burglary. On appeal after the Kentucky Supreme Court threw out the
conviction, the case was moved from Adair to Warren County, and the jury
returned a guilty verdict, with a recommendation of death.
