Bixler v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice ROACH.

Appellant, Rodney T. Bixler, was convicted of murder and theft by unlawful taking over $300. On appeal, he raises only two claims of error: (1) that the trial court erred by allowing the prosecution to question him about, and comment during argument on, his wife’s failure to testify for him; and (2) that the prosecutor repeatedly misstated the evidence during closing argument. Finding no merit in these claims, we affirm.

I. Background

On October 21, 2000, Appellant went to a bar in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky with several people, including a woman named Daisy…