Malone v. Commonwealth

OPINION OF THE COURT BY CHIEF JUSTICE MINTON

*558A circuit court jury found Daymond Malone guilty of kidnapping with serious physical injury, assault under extreme emotional disturbance, first-degree fleeing or evading, second-degree fleeing or evading, and no operator's license. The trial court sentenced Malone to seventy years in prison. Malone now brings this appeal from the resulting judgment as a matter of right,1 raising a single issue regarding the kidnapping conviction that is a matter of first impression in Kentucky.

Malone argues that the serious physical injury suffered by the victim was…