Legal Opinion
Webb v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided November 21, 2012No. 2011-SC-000594-MRPublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Justice SCOTT.
A Bourbon Circuit Court jury found Appellant, Bass Webb, guilty of two counts of attempted murder and one count of-being a first-degree persistent felony offender (PFO). For these crimes, Appellant received a fifty-year prison sentence. He now appeals as a matter of right, Ky. Const. § 110(2)(b), alleging that (1) evidence that he was a former inmate was erroneously admitted, (2) evidence that he threatened a prison guard during apprehension was erroneously admitted, (3) the prosecution exceeded the scope of KRS 532.055 when telling jurors about prior…
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