Baker v. Commonwealth

STEPHENS, Chief Justice.

Appellant, James H. Baker, appeals from a decision of the Jefferson Circuit Court sentencing him to twenty years imprisonment on one count of unlawful imprisonment in the first degree enhanced by a persistent felony offender in the first degree conviction. He appeals as a matter of right. Finding no error, we affirm.

Appellant was charged with kidnapping and sexual abuse against the victim, L.T., and being a persistent felony offender. The charges resulted from an incident which oc curred on February 19-20, 1996, in Louisville, Kentucky. He was acquitted of kidnapping…