Published opinions from 1999. The case name opens the case page.
June 17, 19991999 Ky. LEXIS 65
The Kentucky Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals and reinstated English’s convictions and sentences. It held that evidence of his prior sexual misconduct was admissible to show a sufficiently similar modus operandi bearing on motive, intent, knowledge, and absence of mistake, and that the trial judge did not…
May 3, 1999998 S.W.2d 439
The court reversed both murder convictions and sentences because the trial court improperly allocated the appellants' peremptory challenges, requiring a new trial as a matter of law.
April 22, 19991999 Ky. LEXIS 58
The Kentucky Supreme Court affirmed the judgment awarding Rickert compensatory and punitive damages on fraud and promissory-estoppel theories. The court held that circumstantial evidence supported findings that UPS made materially misleading representations or omissions about employment, that Rickert relied by…
The court affirmed Mills's murder, burglary, and robbery convictions and death sentence. It held that the warrantless entry was justified by exigent circumstances, the later search was authorized by voluntary consent, and Mills's confession followed a voluntary waiver of his rights despite his injuries, intoxication…