Lanham v. Commonwealth

COOPER, Dissenting Justice.

I. AUDIOTAPED INTERROGATION

At approximately 7:00 p.m. on October II, 2001, the evening of the day Appellant claims to have found his wife’s dead body on the floor of their residence, Appellant consented to an audiotaped interview with Detective Robert Stephens of the Kentucky State Police. Stephens played the audiotape of the interview for the jury during his direct examination. The interview lasted twenty-four minutes. The first five minutes and thirty seconds consisted of Appellant telling Stephens his version of the day’s events, viz: He awakened that morning to…