Legal Opinion

Tackett v. Commonwealth

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided October 23, 2014No. 2013-SC-000208-MRPublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT BY JUSTICE KELLER

KELLER, Judge.

The Carter Circuit Court convicted General Jackson Tackett, III (Tackett) of two counts of first degree sexual abuse and three counts of first degree sodomy of two victims, Sarah and Nicholas.1 The court sentenced Tackett to thirty (30) years’ imprisonment. He appeals his sentence as a matter of right under Ky. Const. § 110(2)(b). Tackett raises eight issues on appeal. He argues that: (1) he was unduly prejudiced by the irrelevant and bolstering testimony of Dr. Drema Hunt and Dr. Gail Fineburg; (2) he was unduly prejudiced by introduction…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Martin v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2006
  3. Brown v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2010
  4. Stopher v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2001
  5. Harp v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2008

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3Cited by34 opinions

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  5. Byron Seymour v. Commonwealth of KentuckyKentucky Supreme Court · 2023

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