Nichols v. Commonwealth

WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment and sentence of the circuit court which sentenced Nichols to a total of ten years as a result of his guilty plea to eleven counts of burglary.

The principal issue is whether it was reversible error for the trial judge to refuse to recuse himself from the sentencing hearing. Other issues raised are whether there was a procedural defect in the judgment of sentence; whether it was reversible error for the trial judge not to impose concurrent sentences; whether evidence derived from the failed plea bargain should have been excluded and whether…