Commonwealth v. Crooks

LEIBSON, Justice.

Phelan Crooks was convicted in Fayette Circuit Court of knowingly receiving stolen property. The jury recommended a sentence of three and one-half (3½) years imprisonment, which the trial court imposed.

Then, in the second phase of a bifurcated proceeding, Crooks was also found guilty by the jury of being a persistent felony offender in the first degree, but the jury was unable to agree upon a verdict.

Ultimately, the jury sent the trial judge a note saying that they had reached a unanimous decision that Mr. Crooks was “guilty,” but they were unable to reach a unanimous…