Commonwealth v. Clemons

LAMBERT, Justice.

Appellee, John Clemons, was convicted of two counts of wanton endangerment in the first degree (KRS 508.060, a Class D Felony) for pointing a loaded firearm at two Kentucky State Police officers who were in the performance of their official *460duties. The Court of Appeals reversed the conviction holding that such an act standing alone did not constitute a violation of this statute. As this precise issue appears to be uncertain under our case law, we granted discretionary review.

On September 11, 1985, KSP Officers Meadows and Tinker went to Clemons’s home to serve a juvenile…