Court Opinion

ID: 9690719
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 19:37:44.734062+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:03:31.959743
License: Public Domain

Opinion by
Justice SCOTT,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
I concur with the majority regarding Parts II and IV of the opinion but write separately to dissent on Part III — I do not believe that Parker was entitled to an instruction on second-degree manslaughter. “An instruction on a lesser included offense is not required unless the evidence is such that a reasonable juror could doubt that the defendant is guilty of the crime charged but yet conclude that he is guilty of a lesser included offense.” Combs v. Commonwealth, 652 S.W.2d 859, 861 (Ky.1983). In this matter, no reasonable juror in this case could conclude that Parker was guilty of a lesser included offense.