Jackson v. Commonwealth

CLAYTON, Judge.

William Jackson appeals from a judgment of the Fayette Circuit Court sentencing him to two years of imprisonment based on his conviction for receiving stolen property. Now challenging his conviction on appeal, Jackson argues that it must be reversed due to improper questioning at trial by the Commonwealth regarding his post-arrest silence. We disagree and accordingly affirm.

Testimony of the various witnesses for the Commonwealth reveals the following sequence of events. On April 12, 1985, Dean Adams, a freshman at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, reported to…