A man charged in connection to a murder at a North Kentucky Avenue home in October 2020 was sentenced in Christian County Circuit Court Wednesday afternoon.
Anthony Manning was charged with complicity to murder in connection to the death of 70-year old Calvin Taylor, however, he entered into a plea agreement with the Commonwealth in September in which he entered a guilty plea to the facilitation of complicity to commit murder and first-degree facilitation of complicity to commit robbery with each charge carrying a five-year sentence to run concurrently. Manning reportedly drove his mother, Larayna Manning to Taylor’s home which led to his death. She is charged with first-degree murder and is scheduled to go to trial in December.
Anthony Manning along with his attorney Shannon Powers appeared before Judge Andrew Self who read the amended charges and read the recommended sentence.
click to download audioWhen asked if he had anything to say on his behalf, Manning apologized for his actions and asked for mercy from Judge Self.
click to download audioPowers said his client was seeking probation, however, Commonwealth’s Attorney Rick Boling opposed probation because of the serious nature of the crime.
click to download audioBoling added there was no evidence that Manning was involved in the planning of the murder and robbery or had any involvement in connection to the actual crime.
Judge Self said the guilty plea is not being taken lightly and then denied the request for probation.
click to download audioThe judge then imposed a sentence of five years with credit for time served. As part of the plea agreement, Manning will also testify in his mother’s trial scheduled for December 7-10.
