Peyton v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice SCOTT.

Appellant, Christopher Shaheid Peyton, was convicted by a Hopkins Circuit Court jury of three counts of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance and of being a persistent felony offender in the first degree. For these crimes, Appellant was sentenced to a total of 34 years in prison. Appellant now appeals to this Court as a matter of right. Ky. Const. § 110(2)(b). For the reasons set forth herein, we affirm Appellant’s convictions, but reverse for a new sentencing.

The Hopkins Circuit Court grand jury returned two indictments against Appellant.…