Turner v. Commonwealth

COOPER, Justice.

Appellant Joe Ray Turner was convicted in the Allen Circuit Court of the murder of his father, Bill Turner, and was sentenced to imprisonment for ninety-nine years. He appeals to this Court as a matter of right, Ky. Const. § 110(2)(b), and asserts two claims of reversible error: (1) admission of an alleged dying declaration to which the victim identified Appellant as his killer; and (2) failure to advise Appellant of his right to separate counsel pursuant to RCr 8.30(1).

Appellant and his father shared an apartment on East Main Street in Scotts-ville, Kentucky. During a trip to…