Jackson v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “The facts relevant to this appeal are not contested. Appellant on several occasions sold heroin to Michael Chester and his wife, Ashley. Based upon their ongoing commercial relationship, Appellant agreed to "front" heroin to Chester, meaning that he would supply Chester with a quantity of heroin and then collect the cash payment at a later time. When notified that Chester was ready to pay, Appellant went to Chester's apartment to collect payment for a recently delivered quantity of heroin. After Chester tendered only partial payment on his account, an argument began and a physical altercation ensued. From an adjoining room, Ashley heard Appellant and Chester quarrelling about money. She heard scuffling sounds she described as "wrestling around" and "smacking." When she heard a gunshot, she ran into the room and saw Chester lying on the floor with Appellant standing over him, his right hand in his coat pocket. She also saw a box cutter tool that Chester carried to work lying on the floor nearby. Appellant fled immediately but was arrested a short time later. Appellant testified that when he rejected Chester's partial payment and demanded payment in full, Chester grabbed him, shoved him to the floor, and then came at him with what Appellant believed to be a pocket knife. Appellant testified that in order to protect himself, he reached for the gun in his coat pocket and intentionally shot Chester. Appellant said that he then panicked and left the scene. Although the trial court ”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jackson v. Commonwealth

2. “1) that the trial court erred by failing to give the "no duty to retreat" instruction; 2) that the trial court erred during the penalty phase of the trial by permitting the Commonwealth to present evidence of Appellant's juvenile court adjudication for robbery; and 3) that although KRS 532.055(2)(a) 6 authorized the admission of his juvenile court record, the trial court erred by doing so because the statute is an unconstitutional encroachment upon the prerogatives of the judiciary.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jackson v. Commonwealth

3. “a legislative attempt to invade the rule making prerogative of the Supreme Court by legislatively prescribing rules of practice and procedure [and therefore] it violate[d] the separation of powers doctrine enunciated in Section 28 of the Kentucky Constitution.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Huddleston v. Commonwealth