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Callison v. Com.; 1998-SC-0838-MR; Not Published, Affirmed.

Appellant, Richard Callison, was convicted by a Fulton Circuit Court jury of wanton murder and sentenced to 100 years imprisonment. He appeals to this Court as a matter of right. Ky. Const. § 110(2)(b).

Following a trial by jury, appellants Colwell and Dashielle were each convicted of burglary in the second degree and theft by unlawful taking of property valued at more than $300. Additionally, Colwell was convicted of being a persistent felony offender
(PFO) in the second degree. Colwell received an enhanced sentence of fifteen years on the burglary conviction and a sentence of five years on the theft conviction. The sentences were ordered to run consecutively for a total of twenty years. He appeals to this Court as a matter of right. Ky. Const. § 110(2)(b). Dashielle was sentenced to five years for burglary and one year for theft to run consecutively for a total of six years. He appealed to the Court of Appeals. We granted transfer so that both appeals arising out of this joint trial could be consolidated for appellate review. CR 74.02(2).

The Appellant, Tommy Lamont Jones, appeals from his Jefferson Circuit Court conviction for first-degree robbery, third-degree burglary, receiving stolen property, and first-degree persistent felony offender status. . . We affirm the convictions for first-degree robbery, third-degree burglary, and first-degree persistent felony offender (PFO) status, and reverse the conviction for receiving stolen property under $300.

Appellant was convicted of wanton murder by complicity and of criminal abuse in the second degree, and was sentenced to a total of twenty-seven years in the penitentiary. She appeals to this Court as a matter of right, Ky. Const. 110(2)(b), alleging (1) that her conviction of wanton murder by complicity violates the fair warning aspect of the Ex Post Facto clauses of the United States and Kentucky constitutions; (2) that the jury was improperly instructed on the legal requirements of guilt by complicity; and (3) various errors with respect to the admission or exclusion of evidence offered at trial.

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