Court Opinion

ID: 9676984
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 05:39:56.157247+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:52.870078
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SCOTT, Justice,
concurring.
Although I heartily concur in the majority’s resolution of the other issues, I must state that my concurrence with the majority’s opinion on the non-retroactivity of the “no duty to retreat” statutes, KRS 503.050, KRS 503.055(1), (3), (4), and KRS 503.040(3), is with a heavy heart, as I truly believe, as I said in Rodgers, “it was error not to instruct the jury fully [here] on the relevant law regarding the duty.” Rodgers v. Commonwealth, 285 S.W.3d 740, 766 (Ky.2009) (Scott, J., dissenting) (emphasis added). And it still amazes me that we expect two (2) opposing lawyers to argue to opposite views of a “point of law” to a jury, which itself, has not been told by the court what the law really is. So much for saying that lawyers should only argue, and jurors should only decide, facts. But, having had my opportunities to convince the Court of my view on the matter, I concur, albeit reluctantly.