Legal Opinion

Copley v. Commonwealth

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided March 18, 1993No. 91-SC-850-MRPublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment based on a jury verdict which convicted Copley of first-degree manslaughter and sentenced him to twenty years in prison.

The issues presented are whether the jury panel and jury selection process was proper; whether the admission into evidence of testimony of various witnesses and exhibits including photographs was proper; whether it was error to preclude the defendant from impeaching the testimony of a Commonwealth witness; whether the admission of rebuttal testimony was reversible error; whether there was prose-cutorial misconduct and…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Sanborn v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1988
  2. Moore v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1988
  3. Epperson v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1991
  4. Niemeyer v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1976
  5. Davis v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1990

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Adkins v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2003
  2. Bowling v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Soto v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2004
  4. Chumbler v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1995
  5. Perdue v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1996

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