Blair v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice COOPER.

Following a trial by jury in the Graves Circuit Court, Appellant, Michael C. Blair, was convicted of murder and sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. He appeals to this Court as a matter of right, Ky. Const. § 110(2)(b), asserting that the trial court committed reversible error in (1) overruling his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal; (2) admitting hearsay statements made by the victim; (3) admitting evidence of Appellant’s prior criminal record; (4) admitting irrelevant evidence, i.e., a poem allegedly written by Appellant while in jail…