Williamson v. Commonwealth

LAMBERT, Justice.

This matter of right appeal is from appellant’s conviction of two counts of trafficking in cocaine for which he received sentences totaling twenty years. In this proceeding, two claims of error are asserted.

For a proper understanding of the issues, it is necessary to review the procedural history of this case. In 1985, appellant was tried upon these charges and convicted. He received sentences totaling ten years. Upon appeal to the Court of Appeals, error was claimed, inter alia, in the trial court’s instructions to the jury pertaining to the penalty to be imposed.…