Legal Opinion

Trigg v. Commonwealth

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided May 14, 2015No. 2013-SC-000785-MRPublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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JUSTICE VENTERS

A Barren Circuit Court jury found Appellant, Dennis James Trigg, guilty of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Appellant was sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment for the trafficking charge and assessed a $500.00 fine for the drug paraphernalia charge. On appeal, he asserts that: (1) the Commonwealth im-permissibly introduced an incriminating oral statement that had not been disclosed to Appellant pursuant to RCr 7.24(1); (2) the trial court erred when it allowed testimony commenting on Appellant’s…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Marks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Marks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. Kentucky v. StincerSupreme Court of the United States · 1987

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3Cited by20 opinions

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  3. Hilton v. CommonwealthMissouri Court of Appeals · 2018
  4. Mitchell v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2017
  5. Cunningham v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2016

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