Legal Opinion

Colwell v. Commonwealth

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided December 21, 2000No. 1998-SC-1071-MR, 1999-SC-0095-TGPublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COOPER, Justice.

Following a trial by jury, appellants Col-well and Dashielle were each convicted of burglary in the second degree and theft by unlawful taking of property valued at more than $300. Additionally, Colwell was convicted of being a persistent felony offender (PFO) in the second degree. Colwell received an enhanced sentence of fifteen years on the burglary conviction and a *723sentence of five years on the theft conviction. The sentences were ordered to run consecutively for a total of twenty years. He appeals to this Court as a matter of right. Ky. Const. § 110(2)(b). Dashielle was…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Tamme v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1998
  2. Commonwealth v. BurgeKentucky Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Ware v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1976
  4. Commonwealth v. DayKentucky Supreme Court · 1999
  5. Jones v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1970

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