Crawley v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the

Court by Justice STUMBO.

Appellant, Ronald Douglas Crawley, was convicted in the Fayette Circuit Court of first-degree robbery and of being a first-degree persistent felony offender (PFO) for participating in the armed robbery of Thee Clubhouse, an adult dancing establishment in Lexington, Kentucky. Appellant was sentenced to twenty-five years imprisonment and appeals to this Court as a matter of right. Ky. Const. § 110(2)(b). Appellant advances four issues on appeal, namely that: (1) he was improperly denied his right to testify on his own behalf; (2) the jury instructions for…