Caudill v. Kentucky
Annotate this CasePursuant to a guilty verdict, Defendant was convicted of one count of murder and three counts of wanton endangerment in the first degree. The trial court sentenced Defendant to thirty-five years' imprisonment. Appellant appealed, arguing (1) there was insufficient proof to support a charge of murder because the Commonwealth failed to establish, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Appellant was not privileged to act in self-defense; and (2) certain conduct of the Commonwealth attorney during his cross-examination of Appellant amounted to reversible prosecutorial misconduct. The Supreme Court vacated the convictions and remanded, holding (1) there was sufficient evidence from which a reasonable juror could find Appellant guilty of murder; but (2) the prosecutor's conduct in certain instances was improper, and the prosecutorial misconduct in this case was reversible error.
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