Deboy v. Commonwealth

OPINION

BUCKINGHAM, Senior Judge.

John D. Deboy appeals from a final judgment of the Whitley Circuit Court sentencing him to five years in prison for the crime of possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, a Class C felony, in violation of Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS) 527.040(1). Deboy challenges both the admissibility and sufficiency of the evidence used to convict him. We affirm.

On April 29, 2003, a Williamsburg police detective stopped a vehicle being driven by Deboy after observing him driving and believing, based on a traffic stop of Deboy a few months earlier, that Deboy was driving…