Bedingfield v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice SCOTT.

The following appeal comes to this Court upon discretionary review of the Court of Appeals’ opinion affirming the Fayette Circuit Court’s order denying Appellant, Lacy Bedingfield’s, motion to vacate his judgment and grant a new trial. At the outset, we pause to note the procedural path Appellant’s case has taken.

The underlying judgment upon which Appellant’s motion rests, concerns his 1996 conviction of rape in the first degree and of being a persistent felony offender. As a result of his conviction, Appellant was sentenced to twenty-five (25) years…