Legal Opinion

Wager v. Commonwealth

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided May 19, 1988No. 87-SC-403-MRPublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEPHENS, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted in Hart Circuit Court of first-degree rape, second-degree assault, and first-degree burglary as well *29as being a persistent felony offender. He was sentenced to two life sentences and a twenty-year sentence, all to be served concurrently. Appellant sets forth the following allegations of error to be reviewed in his appeal as a matter of right.

First, appellant maintains the trial court incorrectly admitted as rebuttal evidence testimony regarding his confession. While both were inmates at the Hart County Jail, appellant allegedly confessed to…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Bussey v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1985
  3. Lynem v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1978
  4. Buckler v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1976
  5. Holland v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1985

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Mills v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1999
  2. Robert Carl Foley v. Philip Parker, Warden, Kentucky State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2007
  3. Bedell v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1994
  4. Fields v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2000
  5. Ingram v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1990

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