Hill v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice COOPER.

A Muhlenberg Circuit Court jury convicted Appellant, Kent Hill, of engaging in organized crime, a class B felony, KRS 506.120(2), and his punishment for that conviction was fixed at ten years in prison. Because Appellant was also a persistent felony offender in the first degree, his sentence was enhanced by plea agreement to twenty years. KRS 532.080(6)(a). He appeals to this Court as a matter of right, Ky. Const. § 110(2)(b), asserting that: (1) he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to counsel because the trial court did not hold a Faretta hearing,…