Jackson v. Commonwealth

OPINION OF THE COURT

Stanley Jackson, III, was convicted in the Fayette Circuit Court of second-degree escape and of being a persistent felony offender (PFO) in the first degree. He was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for the escape, which was enhanced to twenty years by the PFO conviction. He appeals to this Court as a matter of right. Ky. Const. § 110(2)(b).

Jackson was indicted by a Fayette County grand jury in December of 1997 for one count of first-degree robbery and one count of being a first-degree persistent felony offender. During his pretrial incarceration, he was released on a…