Kentucky Supreme Court· 2/19/2009

Commonwealth v. Jones

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283 S.W.3d 665
2009 Ky. LEXIS 27
2009 WL 425891

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noting that palpable error relief is not available unless the error resulted in a manifest injustice
affirming a felon-in-possession conviction because a rifle’s operability wasn’t an element of the offense
“to preserve an error based upon the insufficiency of the evidence the defendant .... must renew his motion at the close of all evidence”
“[T]he question on appeal is whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”
“[T]o preserve an error based upon the insufficiency of the evidence the defendant must move for a directed verdict at the close of the Commonwealth's proof and must renew his motion at the close of all evidence: at the end of the defense case (if there is one
explaining the requisites of “manifest injustice”

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Judges: Abramson, Minton, Cunningham, Scott, Venters, Noble, Schroder

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