Engles v. Commonwealth, 373 S.W.3d 456

Engles entered a conditional guilty plea after the suppression motion was denied.
Engles statute-indicted for first-degree robbery, felon in possession of a handgun, tampering with evidence, and persistent felony offender in the first degree.
Gun found in the Mayor’s Training Center during immediate police response to the incident at Save-A-Lot across the street.
Witnesses identified Engles as the man who brandished the gun.
Court allowed gun into evidence; Engles pleaded to amended charges of third-degree burglary and PFO in the second degree.
Appeal challenges admission of the gun; standard of review is abuse of discretion; affirmed on appeal.

Issue	Plaintiff's Argument	Defendant's Argument	Held
Admissibility of the gun as evidence	Engles argues gun not connected to incident	Commonwealth asserts relevance based on proximity and eyewitnesses	Gun admissible; not an abuse of discretion

Turner v. Commonwealth, 914 S.W.2d 343 (Ky.1996) (relevance standards for evidence)
Higgins v. Commonwealth, 134 S.W.1135 (Ky.1911) (relevance near time/place supports admissibility)
Dillingham v. Commonwealth, 995 S.W.2d 377 (Ky.1999) (evidence weight/credibility determinations)
Partin v. Commonwealth, 918 S.W.2d 219 (Ky.1996) (abuse of discretion standard (overruled on other grounds))
Chestnut v. Commonwealth, 250 S.W.3d 288 (Ky.2008) (abuse of discretion standard clarified)
Commonwealth v. English, 993 S.W.2d 941 (Ky.1999) (abuse of discretion standard)