Legal Opinion

Harris v. Commonwealth

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided September 20, 2012No. 2011-SC-000001-MRPublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

Justice ABRAMSON.

Appellant Darius Harris appeals a judgment of the Kenton Circuit Court sentencing him to forty years in prison for murder. Before this Court as a matter of *120right, Ky. Const. § 110(2)(b), Harris raises three errors on appeal. First, Harris claims the trial court erred when it allowed into evidence the fact that he owned two guns, both of which were the same model as the murder weapon, though neither weapon was used to commit the crime. Second, Harris claims the trial court erred when it admitted hearsay testimony, specifically the victim’s request to…

2Cases cited41 opinions

  1. Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Commonwealth v. EnglishKentucky Supreme Court · 1999
  3. State v. CarterOhio Supreme Court · 1995
  4. People v. MorseCalifornia Supreme Court · 1964
  5. People v. RiserCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ParkerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  2. Koester v. KoesterCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2019
  3. Goncalves v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2013
  4. Commonwealth v. RothMissouri Court of Appeals · 2019
  5. Goben v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2016

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