Truss v. Commonwealth

OPINION OF THE COURT BY JUSTICE WRIGHT

A Jefferson Circuit Court jury convicted Appellant, William Truss, of two counts of murder. In accordance with the jury's recommendation, Truss was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for twenty-five years. Truss now appeals to this Court as a matter of right. Ky. Const. § 110 (2)(b).

Truss asserts six claims of error in his appeal: (1) the trial court improperly conducted voir dire when Truss was unable to be present, (2) the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on intoxication and extreme emotional disturbance, (3) the trial…