Dotson v. Commonwealth

WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment based on a jury verdict which convicted Dotson of kidnapping and robbery in the first degree. He was sentenced to ten years on each charge to run consecutively.

The issue is whether the trial judge committed reversible error when he ordered the sentences to run consecutively rather than concurrently as the jury had recommended.

In accordance with KRS 532.055, a sentencing hearing was conducted and the jury returned a recommendation that Dotson be sentenced to ten years for robbery and ten years for kidnapping to be served concurrently. The…