Blanton v. Commonwealth

OPINION

LAMBERT, J., JUDGE:

Richard Blanton has directly appealed from the final judgment of the Boone Circuit Court convicting him of two counts of theft by unlawful taking over $500.00 and sentencing him to five years’ imprisonment, He seeks review of the circuit court’s denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea. Finding no error or abuse of discretion, we affirm.

On November 4, 2014, the Boone County grand jury indicted Blanton on two counts of theft by unlawful taking over $500.00 and under $10,000.00 (complicity) pursuant to' Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS) 514.030. The first…