McGuire v. Commonwealth

LEIBSON, Justice.

On March 2,1993, the appellant broke into a closed drug store in the Park Avenue Shopping Center in Glasgow, Kentucky, and stole controlled substances, Valium, Xanax, and a codeine derivative. In doing so he set off a burglar alarm, and he was still in the store when the police arrived.

The appellant was convicted of: (1) theft by unlawful taking over $300, for which he was sentenced to five years imprisonment enhanced to fifteen years as a persistent felony offender; and (2) third-degree burglary, for which he was sentenced to five years imprisonment enhanced to fifteen years…