PIERCE RENAY DUNN v. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY
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December 11, 1998; 2:00 p.m.
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
C ommonwealth O f K entucky
C ourt O f A ppeals
NO.
1997-CA-001657-MR
PIERCE RENAY DUNN
APPELLANT
APPEAL FROM FAYETTE CIRCUIT COURT
HONORABLE MARY C. NOBLE, JUDGE
ACTION NO. 89-CR-000692
v.
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY
APPELLEE
OPINION
AFFIRMING
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BEFORE:
KNOX, MILLER, AND SCHRODER, JUDGES.
MILLER, JUDGE: Pierce Renay Dunn brings this pro se appeal from a
June 17, 1997 order of the Fayette Circuit Court.
We affirm.
In 1990, appellant was found guilty pursuant to a jury
trial of theft by unlawful taking.
(KRS) 514.030.
Kentucky Revised Statute
Thereupon, appellant pled guilty to being a
persistent felony offender in the first-degree (PFO I).
532.080(3).
KRS
He was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment.
In
February 1997, appellant filed a “Motion to Modify-Amend or
Vacate Sentence Pursuant to RCr 13.04; CR 60.02; KRS 532.070;
[KRS 532.110;] and RCr 11.42.”
On June 17, 1997, the Fayette
Circuit Court entered an order denying appellant's motion.
This
appeal follows.
In appellant's two-page pro se brief, he asserts as
follows:
I
Appellant was denied his guaranteed due
process right----------to due process when
appointed counsel failed to adequately
prepare or present any type of legal
arguments, or to deman[d] a hearing on his CR
60.02, RCr. 11.42 motions in the Fayette
Circuit Court.
. . .
II
Appellant was denied effective assistance of
counsel during the PFO and Sentencing phases
of his trial, and his plea of guilty to the
PFO count and waiver of jury sentencing were
involuntary.
. . .
III
Wherefore, appellant prays for relief from
this illegal enhanced conviction.
. . .
Appellant, however, failed to support the above contentions with
discernible legal arguments and failed to direct this court to
legal authority supporting same.
We view broad assertions
without supporting arguments or evidence as simply insufficient
to merit serious appellate review.
As such, we summarily affirm
the circuit court's denial of appellant's motion.
For the foregoing reasons, the order of the Fayette
Circuit Court is affirmed.
ALL CONCUR.
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PRO-SE BRIEF FOR APPELLANT:
BRIEF FOR APPELLEE:
Pierce Renay Dunn
Burgin, KY
A. B. Chandler III
Attorney General
and
Gregory C. Fuchs
Assistant Attorney General
Frankfort, KY
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