Green v. Commonwealth

LAMBERT, Justice.

Appellant seeks reversal of his conviction for cocaine trafficking in which the ten-year sentence imposed for the underlying offense was enhanced to twenty years upon his conviction as a first degree persistent felony offender.

Two issues are presented on this appeal. First, appellant contends that a directed verdict should have been granted on grounds of insufficient evidence. Second, he claims a mistrial should have been granted due to prosecutorial comments during summation on his post-arrest silence, in violation of his rights under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to…