John Ray Williams v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

Summary

The Court affirmed Williams's convictions for retaliation against a participant in the legal process and first-degree persistent felony offender status. It held that evidence of Williams's recent sexual-abuse conviction was admissible to establish retaliatory intent, that the jury instructions sufficiently required intent to damage property, and that electronic monetary assets may constitute tangible property under the retaliation statute. The Court also held that Williams was not entitled to relief under palpable-error review because the alleged errors were unpreserved and did not invalidate the conviction.