Court Opinion

ID: 9769025
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 14:03:52.104985+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:07:48.428000
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STEPHENS, Chief Justice,
dissenting.
Respectfully I dissent. The majority finds no error in permitting Officer Spaw to testify that, in his opinion, the pills in Kroth’s possession were intended for sale. This determination disregards Kentucky law prohibiting a witness from testifying to tiie ultimate issue. Nugent v. Commonwealth, Ky., 639 S.W.2d 761 (1982).
Whether Kroth intended the pills for sale is properly a question for the jury. Kroth’s guilt or innocence of the charged offense turns on his intent. “The issue of guilt or innocence is one for the jury to determine, and an opinion which intrudes on this function is not admissible....” Id. at 764.
Accordingly, I dissent.
VANCE, J., concurs in this dissent.