Anthony Wayne Crutcher Jr v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

CHIEF JUSTICE MINTON

A Circuit Court jury convicted Anthony Wayne Crutcher of first-degree robbery and of being a first-degree persistent felony offender (PFO I). The jury recommended a sentence of 15 years’ imprisonment for the robbery conviction, enhanced to 35 years for the PFO I conviction. Crutcher appeals as a matter of right, arguing the trial court violated his right to a public trial when it removed all spectators during the victim’s testimony and when it denied Crutcher’s motion to suppress a photo identification. Having reviewed the record and the arguments of…