Lawson v. Commonwealth

KELLER, Justice.

A Laurel County Circuit Court jury convicted Appellants, co-defendants in the trial court below, of second degree arson and second degree burglary and found Lawson to be a first degree persistent felony offender and Brown to be a second degree persistent felony offender. The jury recommended that each Appellant serve consecutive terms of sixty (60) years for the PFO-enhanced second degree arson conviction and twenty (20) years for the PFO-enhanced second degree burglary conviction. The trial court entered judgment in accordance with the jury’s recommendation and sentenced each…