Court Opinion

ID: 9641928
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 17:43:25.165154+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:10:40.921729
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GRAVES, Justice,
dissenting.
Respectfully, I must dissent from so much of the opinion that finds reversible error in the allocation of peremptory challenges. The majority opinion holds that the appellants were jointly entitled to 13 peremptory challenges. The trial court’s interpretation of the rules so as to allow 11 peremptory challenges is reasonable. Under the facts of this case, I would apply a harmless error analysis and affirm the judgment of the trial court. Therefore, I would modify the inflexible holding in Kentucky Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Cook, Ky., 590 S.W.2d 875 (1979).
LAMBERT, C.J, and WINTERSHEIMER, J., join in this dissent.