Kyle Sheets v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

Summary

Justice Noble agreed that Sheets was not entitled to directed verdicts but would otherwise reverse his convictions. She reasoned that irrelevant evidence concerning the Sheetses' sexual practices, combined with misleading and prejudicial questioning about Rhonda Sheets's child custody and cooperation with defense counsel, deprived Sheets of a fundamentally fair trial and constituted palpable error. The opinion contests the majority's relevance, opening-the-door, trial-strategy, and palpable-error analyses.