Blades v. Commonwealth

Respectfully, I must dissent. The majority has tossed aside precedent more than ten years old and ignored the rules of this Court in affirming this conviction. RCr 9.60 provides as follows: “A confession of a defendant, unless made in open court, will not warrant a conviction unless accompanied by other proof that such an offense was committed.” When the evidence is examined, without considering the confession, there is not enough left to fulfill the corroborative evidence requirement. Blades was found in an intoxicated state walking on the roadway. His car was found some distance away, its…