Robert Morrison v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

JUSTICE WRIGHT

A Hickman Circuit Court jury found Appellant, Robert Morrison, guilty of escape and fleeing or evading police and found him to be a first-degree persistent felony offender. The trial court sentenced Appellant to fifteen years’ imprisonment. Appellant appealed to the Court of Appeals, arguing the trial court erred in failing to strike a juror for cause, 1 and that court affirmed the trial court. Appellant sought discretionary review with this Court, which we granted. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the Court of Appeals and remand this matter to the…