Scaggs v. Commonwealth

Opinion

KOONTZ, C.J.

Timothy Lynn Scaggs was convicted by a jury of one count of robbery and use of a firearm in the commission of robbery, three counts of abduction, and three counts of use of a firearm in the commission of abduction (second or subsequent offense). Scaggs raises two issues on appeal: (1) whether the trial court erred by admitting into evidence an accomplice’s out-of-court statement which incriminated the accomplice; and (2) whether it was proper to convict the defendant of “second or subsequent” uses of a firearm in the commission of crimes which oc curred during the same…