Court Opinion

ID: 9635174
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 13:40:22.086657+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:09:20.551860
License: Public Domain

JOHNSTONE, Justice,
concurring.
I agree with much of the thoughtful dissent of Justice Keller which supports the admission of parole data offered by a defendant during the sentencing hearing. It appears to me that the 1998 amendment to KRS 532.055(2)(b) should be construed *346to permit a defendant to present evidence regarding the possibility of parole in order to rebut the prejudicial effect of the Commonwealth’s evidence of minimum parole eligibility. However, I am not persuaded that the evidence in this case was sufficiently developed to allow its admission. Thus, I would leave the issue for another day.