Wilburn v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by Justice

VENTERS.

Appellant, Essamond Wilburn, appeals from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict by the Jefferson Circuit Court convicting him of first-degree burglary, two counts of first-degree robbery, and of being a second-degree persistent felony offender. He was sentenced to a total of 20 years to serve. He now appeals his conviction as a matter of right pursuant to Ky. Const. § 110(2)(b), alleging that he was entitled to a directed verdict on the burglary and robbery charges and that the Commonwealth improperly used a peremptory strike against an African-American…