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Kentucky Supreme Court· 8/20/2015

Hall v. Commonwealth

Citations

  • 468 S.W.3d 814
  • 2015 Ky. LEXIS 1743
  • 2015 WL 4967454

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that with “already overwhelming evidence tending to prove a particular fact, any additional evidence introduced to prove the same fact necessarily has lower probative worth, regardless of how much persuasive force it might otherwise have by itself”
  • “[I]n exercising its discretion under Rule 403, a trial court must consider in the balancing test . . . other available evidence to prove the fact in issue.”
  • “[P]hotographs that are probative of the nature of the injuries inflicted are not excluded unless they are so inflammatory that their probative value is substantially outweighed by their prejudicial effect”
  • “Not only will the probative worth of each additional gruesome photograph be incrementally discounted as the facts to be proven become ever more certain, but admission of additional photos will also correspondingly increase the danger of undue prejudice”
  • “When there is already overwhelming evidence tending to prove a particular fact, any additional 18 evidence introduced to prove the same fact necessarily has lower probative worth, regardless of how much persuasive force it might otherwise have by itself.”
  • not yet final as of the rendition of this opinion

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Judges: Abramson, Barber, Cunningham, Keller, Minton, Noble, Venters

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