Melson v. Commonwealth

GANT, Justice.

Appellants were convicted of first-degree escape and first-degree robbery. Thereafter, they were convicted for being persistent felony offenders in the first degree, and received enhanced, consecutive sentences totalling 70 years. They appeal as a matter of right.

Appellants were being held in the Nelson County Jail pursuant to felony convictions for various crimes committed in Nelson County. Specifically, appellant Crum had been convicted in Nelson County for rape in the first degree, theft by unlawful taking over $100, burglary in the first degree, assault in the second degree,…