Kiper v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice VENTERS.

Appellant, Randal Keith Kiper, appeals as a matter of right from a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court convicting him of attempted murder, two counts of first-degree assault, one count of first-degree wanton endangerment, and of being a first-degree persistent felony offender. He received a sentence totaling seventy years’ imprisonment.

Appellant argues on appeal that his convictions for both attempted murder and first-degree assault, resulting from the shooting of victim Tim Burton, constitute a double jeopardy violation. Our review of that argument…