Ratliff v. Commonwealth

DUNN, Judge.

Appellants, Danny S. Ratliff and Leonard L. Carter, in these two cases seek review of their convictions by juries in the Fayette District Court for driving under the influence of alcohol, KRS 189A.010(1). Each appellant was determined to be a past offender of that statute or its predecessor, consequently each was accorded the mandatory enhanced sentences set out in KRS 189A.010(2).

On appeal, they raise numerous common challenges to the statute of both a constitutional and evidentiary nature, including their contentions that: 1) the mandatory sentencing provisions of KRS Chapter…