Riley v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice COOPER.

Appellant Freeland Thomas Riley was convicted by a McCracken Circuit Court jury of one count of possession of marijuana and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia, both Class A misdemeanors. KRS 218A.1422(2); KRS 218A.500(5). Each offense was enhanced to a Class D felony by the jury’s additional finding that Appellant was in possession of a firearm at the time the offenses were committed. KRS 218A.992(l)(b). The marijuana charge was further enhanced by the jury’s finding that he was a persistent felony offender in the first degree (“PFO…