Phillip R. Conrad v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

CHIEF JUSTICE MINTON.

A circuit court jury convicted Phillip Conrad of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance over 2 grams, and of being a first-degree persistent felony offender. The jury recommended a twenty-year prison sentence, which the trial court imposed in its final judgment.

Conrad appeals the judgment as a matter of right. 1 He contends the trial court erred by: (1) allowing a detective to give prejudicial testimony, (2) giving faulty penalty-phase jury instructions producing a flawed sentence, (3) allowing improper evidence in the penalty phase, and…