Wright v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice SCOTT.

A Campbell Circuit Court jury found Appellant, James M. Wright, guilty of first-degree fleeing or evading police, *745fourth-degree assault, possession of marijuana, and being a first-degree persistent felony offender (PFO). For these crimes, Appellant received a sentence of twenty years’ imprisonment and was fined $600. He now appeals as a matter of right, Ky. Const. § 110(2)(b), alleging that: (1) the trial court issued erroneous jury instructions on the fleeing or evading police charge, (2) the trial court erred by ordering the imposition of fines after…