Lackey v. Commonwealth

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

CHIEF JUSTICE MINTON

A circuit court jury convicted Quintín Danell Lackey of second-degree escape and of being a first-degree Persistent Felony Offender. The resulting sentence was enhanced from five years’ imprisonment on the escape conviction to twenty years’ imprisonment as a persistent felony offender and judgment entered accordingly. Lackey now appeals this judgment as a matter of right.1 For reasons stated below, we affirm.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND.

A voicemail message from his parole officer notified Lackey that he would be returning to prison for…