NORTON v. COM.

No. 1998-SC-1076-MR.

37 S.W.3d 750 (2001)

Rick NORTON, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

February 22, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen Shuff Maurer, Assistant Public Advocate, Department of Public Advocacy, Frankfort, Counsel for Appellant.

Albert B. Chandler III, Attorney General, David A. Sexton, Vickie L. Wise, Assistant Attorneys General, Criminal Appellate Division, Frankfort, Counsel for Appellee.


STUMBO, Justice.

This case presents two issues for our consideration: first, whether the mention of sentencing information during voir dire and the guilt/innocence phase of trial requires reversal in this case, and second, whether a trial court may order a sentence for contempt to run consecutively to a felony charge.

Appellant, Rick Norton, was charged with second-degree burglary for breaking a basement window and...

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