The Kentucky Supreme Court has reversed four murder convictions, citing legal errors that might have tainted the trials.
Those reversals came down in decisions released Thursday.
The high-profile Madison County case involving Ronald Crabtree was among those affected. Justices concluded that Judge William T. Jennings had erred by not allowing the jury to consider a finding of manslaughter in the death of a 2-year-old in Richmond in 2007.
Crabtree is serving a 45-year sentence after his conviction on charges of wanton murder and criminal abuse.
All of the cases were sent back to lower courts for further action.
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