POSEY v. COM.


664 S.W.2d 203 (1984)

Clifton POSEY, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

February 16, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda K. West, Asst. Public Advocate, Frankfort, for appellant.

Steven L. Beshear, Atty. Gen., Paul E. Reilender, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


LEIBSON, Justice.

Appellant has been convicted of first-degree assault. He was sentenced to twenty (20) years, enhanced to life imprisonment upon his conviction as a first-degree persistent felony offender. He appeals as a matter of right. We affirm.

On November 4, 1982, in a corridor of the Bowling Green Business College, appellant stabbed a fellow student. The assault was committed in the mistaken belief that the fellow student had previously made sexual...

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