Court Opinion

ID: 9689502
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 18:37:09.255237+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:18:49.482891
License: Public Domain

LAMBERT, Judge,
Dissenting:
Respectfully, I dissent. I do not believe the Commonwealth committed palpable error in the instant case when, in response to appellant’s request for leniency, the Commonwealth Attorney recommended the jury give appellant the maximum sentence, in part to send a message to the citizens of Shelby County.
Any error that resulted from the Commonwealth Attorney’s remarks was not properly preserved for appellate review. If not properly preserved for appellate review, we are permitted to review only for palpable error under RCr 10.26; and, if palpable error is found, we may then only grant relief if we believe manifest injustice has resulted from that palpable error.
In the case at bar, I do not believe error rose to the level of palpable error, and accordingly would affirm the order of the Shelby Circuit Court.