Michael E. Simpson v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

OPINION OF THE.COURT BY

JUSTICE VENTERS

Appellant, Michael Simpson, appeals from a judgment' of the Jefferson Circuit Court convicting him of the crimes of possession of a handgun by a convicted felon and of being a second-degree persistent felony offender. As enhanced, Appellant was sentenced to a total of twenty years in prison. He appeals as a matter of right.

Appellant contends that the trial court misapplied the law pertaining to a search based on a “protective sweep” when it denied his motion to suppress his illegal .arrest, seizure, search, and fruit from the poisonous tree under Maryland…