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Chico Duwan Rucker v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided June 15, 2017No. 2015-SC-000328-MRUnknownCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*566OPINION OF THE COURT BY

JUSTICE HUGHES

Appellant, Chico Duwan Rucker, appeals as a matter of right from a judgment of the Fayette Circuit Court sentencing him to twenty years’ imprisonment for second-degree manslaughter, tampering with physical evidence, and fraudulent use of a credit card over $500. Rucker alleges the trial court erred in four ways: 1) by permitting the introduction of sexually explicit communications he made after the victim’s death; 2) by authorizing the admission of sexually explicit communications he made before the victim’s death; 3) by allowing the Commonwealth to…

2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Michelson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. Commonwealth v. EnglishKentucky Supreme Court · 1999
  4. United States v. Larry Allen MyersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
  5. Sanborn v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1988

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3Cited by13 opinions

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  3. Adams v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2018
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