King v. Commonwealth

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

JUSTICE WRIGHT

Appellant, Ronald Lee King, was convicted of second-degree assault for shooting his stepson in the arm, fourth-degree assault for injuring his wife,' first-degree wanton endangerment for threatening his wife with a gun, and third-degree arson for starting a fire inside his trailer. His primary claim on appeal is that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on voluntary intoxication under KRS 501.080(1). This Court agrees that the evidence was sufficient to entitle him to such an instruction. But because voluntary intoxication provides only a…