Covington v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice VENTERS.

Appellant, Frankie Covington, was indicted by the Bourbon County Grand Jury, and charged with one count of kidnapping, one count of first-degree sexual abuse, one count of resisting arrest, and for being a persistent felony offender (PFO) in the first-degree. After pleading guilty to all charges, the trial court fixed his sentences as follows: twenty years for kidnapping, enhanced to life imprisonment under the PFO charge; five years’ imprisonment for sexual abuse; and twelve months for resisting arrest. Claiming that the trial court erred when it denied…