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Domestic Violence; Spousal Privilege; KRE 504

Court:
Supreme Court
Case Number:

2021-SC-0041-MR

Case Status:
Unpublished Case
Rendered Date:
Summary:

The trial court correctly applied the KRE 504(2)(2)(D) exception to spousal privilege to allow the wife to testify against her husband as the situation involved wrongful conduct perpetrated by one spouse upon the person or property of a “third person” while “in the course of wrongful conduct” against the “other spouse.” Affirmed.

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