Court Opinion

ID: 9778725
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 21:17:21.99125+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:33:12.786138
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*117STUMBO, Justice,
dissenting.
Respectfully, I must dissent. I concur fully in the dissent prepared by Chief Justice Stephens, but I also would hold that the prosecution was permitted to improperly introduce evidence for the sole purpose of eliciting sympathy for the victim, thereby denying the appellant a fair trial and objective sentencing. Sanborn v. Commonwealth, Ky., 754 S.W.2d 534 (1988); Ice v. Commonwealth, Ky., 667 S.W.2d 671 (1984); and Morris v. Commonwealth, Ky., 766 S.W.2d 58 (1989).
STEPHENS, C.J., joins in this dissent.