Martin v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court By

Justice VENTERS.

Appellant, Odell K. Martin, appeals as a matter of right pursuant to § 110 of the Kentucky Constitution from a judgment of the Hopkins Circuit Court convicting him of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance and of being a first-degree persistent felony offender (PFO), and sentencing him to twenty years’ imprisonment.

On appeal, Appellant raises two allegations of error in the jury instructions which were not preserved for appellate review by appropriate and timely action in the trial court. Appellant requests that we review those unpreserved…