Woods v. Commonwealth

REYNOLDS, Judge.

This appeal is raised from the orders of the Jefferson Circuit Court finding appellant guilty of two counts of contempt for refusal to be sworn as a witness and refusal to testify. Appellant asserts that his refusals were protected by the 5th Amendment to the United States Constitution; that the two sentences of five months and 29 days imposed upon him were in violation of KRS 421.140; that the sentences he received were deemed to run consecutively to any felony sentence imposed upon him, in violation of KRS 532.110; and that he could only be found guilty of a single contempt…