Norton v. Commonwealth

STUMBO, Justice.

This case presents two issues for our consideration: first, whether the mention of sentencing information during voir dire and the guilVinnocence phase of trial requires reversal in this case, and second, whether a trial court may order a sentence for contempt to run consecutively to a felony charge.

Appellant, Rick Norton, was charged with second-degree burglary for breaking a basement window and entering the home of Judy Sehill. Upon hearing the sound of crunching glass and someone walking around in the basement, Schill’s son sought to foil the burglar. When Appellant became…