Commonwealth v. Bailey

71 S.W.3d 73 (2002)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellant,

v.

James BAILEY, Appellee.

No. 1999-SC-1004-DG.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

March 21, 2002.

As Amended April 29, 2002.

A.B. Chandler, III, Attorney General, Dennis W. Shepherd, Office of Attorney General, Criminal Appellant Division, Frankfort, Jay A. Wethington, Owensboro, Counsel for Appellant.

Ben S. Fletcher, III, Fletcher, Cotthoff & Willen, Hopkinsville, Counsel for Appellee.

KELLER, Justice.

I. ISSUE

After a jury found Appellee guilty of a felony offense, the trial court granted him a new trial. The Commonwealth appealed from the trial…