Owens v. Commonwealth

LAMBERT, Justice.

Appellant, Link R. Owens, was charged with first degree assault for the stabbing of Teddy R. Williams and as a second degree persistent felony offender. Appellant pled not guilty and was tried in the Knox Circuit Court. After a two day trial, the jury found appellant guilty and sentenced him to twenty years for first degree assault with enhancement to twenty-five years as a PFO. Appellant appeals to this Court as a matter of right and raises only one issue.

Appellant argues that the trial court erred when it allowed two police officers, James Gray and Pat Olfen, to give…