Chestnut v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice SCOTT.

Appellant, Julian Chestnut, was convicted by a Jefferson Circuit Court jury on four counts of burglary in the second degree, receiving stolen property over three hundred dollars, possession of a controlled substance, and illegal possession of drug paraphernalia. The jury recommended an aggregate sentence of seventy-seven (77) years imprisonment, as enhanced by persistent felony offender status. Appellant now appeals as a matter of right. Ky. Const. § 110(2)(b).

Appellant raises eight claims of error: 1) that investigative hearsay testimony was allowed at…