Hatfield v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a trial court errs by exempting a witness from sequestration absent the requisite showing
• removal of murder victim from church parking lot to secluded area behind the church deemed merely incidental to the murder and so exempt
• “The thrust of KRE 615 is to ensure that witnesses do not alter their own testimony based on what they hear from other witnesses.”
• the party seeking an exemption to KRE 615 bears the burden of proof.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).