Rico L. Cavanaugh v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

RENDERED: DECEMBER 15, 2022 TO BE PUBLISHED Supreme Court of Kentucky 2021-SC-0441-MR RICO L. CAVANAUGH APPELLANT ON APPEAL FROM TRIGG CIRCUIT COURT V. HONORABLE C.A. WOODALL III, JUDGE NO. 19-CR-00057 COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY APPELLEE OPINION OF THE COURT BY JUSTICE CONLEY AFFIRMING A Trigg Circuit Court jury found Rico Cavanaugh guilty of first-degree assault and being a persistent felony offender in the first degree. He was sentenced to thirty-four years in prison. Cavanaugh appeals to this Court as a matter of right.1 He claims the trial court erred first, in its application of Marsy’s…