Jones v. Commonwealth

AKER, Justice.

Stevie Lane Jones was convicted in Nicholas Circuit Court of assault in the second degree in violation of KRS 508.020 and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment as a result of the stabbing of Milo McLean in Carlisle, Kentucky on July 4, 1979.

The Court of Appeals affirmed and we granted discretionary review to consider whether the trial court erred in automatically precluding a defense witness, Charles David Greene, from testifying because Greene violated the rule for separation of witnesses.

Immediately following voir dire at mov-ant’s trial on September 25,1979, the prosecutor…