Filed 23-CR-00183 08/30/2023 Tina Foster, Scott Circuit Clerk
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COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY
WKYT
SCOTT CIRCUIT COURT
CRIMINAL DIVISION
Electronically Filed
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY PLAINTIFF
vs. NOTICE OF AGGRAVATING 23CR00183
CIRCUMSTANCES
STEVEN WAYNE SHEANGSHANG DEFENDANT
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Comes the Commonwealth of Kentucky, by and through the undersigned Assistant
Attorney General, and hereby provides Notice of Aggravating Circumstances.
The Defendant, Steven Wayne Sheangshang, having been indicted by a Scott County
Grand Jury of KRS 507.020 Murder-Police Officer, a Capital Offense, the Commonwealth, by
counsel, hereby gives notice pursuant to KRS 532.025(2):
In all cases of offenses for which the death penalty may be authorized, the judge shall
consider, or he or she shall include in his instructions to the jury for it to consider, any
mitigating circumstances or aggravating circumstances otherwise authorized by law and
any of the following statutory aggravating or mitigating circumstances which may be
supported by the evidence:
(a) Aggravating circumstances:
7. The offender's act of killing was intentional and the victim was a state or local
public official or police officer, sheriff, or deputy sheriff engaged at the time of the
act in the lawful performance of his or her duties;
If the Defendant is convicted of a capital offense, the Commonwealth will request the
Court to instruct the jury on all penalties in accordance with KRS 532.030:
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(1) When a person is convicted of a capital offense, he shall have his punishment fixed at
death, or at a term of imprisonment for life without benefit of probation or parole, or at a
term of imprisonment for life without benefit of probation or parole until he has served a
Filed 23-CR-00183 08/30/2023 Tina Foster, Scott Circuit Clerk
Filed 23-CR-00183 08/30/2023 Tina Foster, Scott Circuit Clerk
NOT ORIGINAL
DOCUMENT
08/31/2023 01:51:03
PM minimum of twenty-five (25) years of his sentence, or to a sentence of life, or to a term of
not less than twenty (20) years nor more than fifty (50) years.
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The Commonwealth intends to introduce evidence of prior criminal history of the
defendant during the penalty phase. Criminal prior offenses by the above-named defendant have
been provided through discovery compliance.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
DANIEL CAMERON
ATTORNEY GENERAL
BY: __/s/ Rewa Zakharia _______________
REWA MEDHAT ZAKHARIA
TIM COCANOUGHER
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL
1024 Capital Center Drive
Frankfort, KY 4601
(502) 696-5337
Certificate of Service
The undersigned hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the Commonwealth’s
Notice has been forwarded, via email, and electronic filing to counsel for the defense, Hon.
Shannon Brooks and Hon. Kim Green on August 30, 2023.
/s/ Rewa Zakharia
REWA MEDHAT ZAKHARIA
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL
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Filed 23-CR-00183 08/30/2023 Tina Foster, Scott Circuit Clerk
