Welch v. Commonwealth

OPINION OF THE COURT BY JUSTICE VANMETER

*614Following a jury trial in Carroll Circuit Court, Ricky Welch was convicted of first-degree robbery, kidnapping, third-degree burglary and of being a first-degree persistent felony offender ("PFO1"). He was sentenced to fifty years' imprisonment. Welch appeals as a matter of right1 and raises four claims of error: (1) the trial court abused its discretion by excluding Welch's eyewitness expert testimony, (2) the trial court should have prevented law enforcement officers from presenting expert testimony regarding boot prints and infrared cameras, (3) the…