Scott v. Commonwealth

STEPHENSON, Justice.

Charles Scott was tried in Campbell Circuit Court and convicted of second-degree burglary and of being a persistent felony offender in the first degree. He was sentenced to a term of twenty years in the penitentiary. We affirm.

Scott asserts that the trial court committed reversible error by commencing the trial in his absence.

On August 19, 1978, at approximately 4:30 a. m., Scott broke into a bar in Newport, Kentucky. The owners, who lived in the building, heard the noise and called the police. When police officers arrived, they *40found Scott sitting at a table. Officer Kane…