Legal Opinion

Dillon v. Commonwealth

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided October 29, 2015No. 2013-SC-000696-MRPublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

JUSTICE NOBLE

The Appellant, Lennie J. Dillon, was convicted of murder for shooting and killing his girlfriend, Amy Dennison, and was sentenced to forty years’ imprisonment. On appeal he' alleges numerous errors, including that police illegally obtained incriminating statements from him and that the prosecutor improperly discussed his own interactions with a witness to a supposed jailhouse confession by Dillon in an attempt to impeach that witness.' Finding no reversible error, this Court affirms Dillon’s conviction.

I. Background

Dennison was last seen before the shooting…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  5. Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Anthony Sturgeon v. Commonwealth of KentuckyKentucky Supreme Court · 2017
  2. Chico Duwan Rucker v. Commonwealth of KentuckyKentucky Supreme Court · 2017
  3. Turner v. Com. of Ky.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2018
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