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Justice v. Commonwealth

Citations

  • 987 S.W.2d 306
  • 1998 Ky. LEXIS 164
  • 1998 WL 897039

How courts have described this case

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

  • “put[ting] the onus” on the party offering evidence under KRE 804(b) to show that the witness was unavailable
  • a trial court’s ruling on relevancy under KRE 403 is reviewed under an abuse of discretion standard
  • a trial court's ruling on relevancy under KRE 403 is reviewed under an abuse of discretion standard
  • \put [ting] the onus\ on the party offering evidence under KRE 804(b) to show that the witness was unavailable
  • rejecting application of “same conduct” test and retrospectively applying Burge
  • burden rests on offering party

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Judges: Johnstone

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