Weaver v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice MINTON.

A circuit court jury convicted David Weaver of first-degree burglary and of being a first-degree persistent felony offender (PFO 1). The trial court sentenced him in accordance with the jury’s recommendation to twenty years’ imprisonment. Because the trial court did not allow Weaver to present during the guilt phase of the trial expert testimony relevant to his defense that voluntary intoxication rendered him unable to form the specific-intent element of the burglary offense, we reverse and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

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