Court Opinion

ID: 9690906
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 19:51:33.68678+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:04:56.267146
License: Public Domain

WINTERSHEIMER, Justice,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion because the jury was not precluded from any consideration of self-defense. The jury received a separate instruction on self-protection. This is not the same situation as presented in Elliott v. Commonwealth, Ky., 976 S.W.2d 416 (1998). Consequently, there was no reversible error.
The instruction by the trial court regarding the “missing evidence” is very generally worded and vague. It does not constitute prejudicial error. There is no reference in the closing argument of the prosecutor as to the unavailability of the door of the vehicle. I would affirm the judgment of conviction.