Opinion ID: 1777225
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Heading: james wilson's pfo conviction

Text: James Wilson contends that his PFO conviction must be reversed, under Hon v. Commonwealth, Ky., 670 S.W.2d 851 (1984), because no direct evidence was presented to the jury that James was on parole at the time the robbery occurred. KRS 532.080(3)(c)2. We disagree. During the PFO proceedings, Lucie Knight, a Probation and Parole officer, testified that James had been under her supervision because he was on parole, that he had been on her caseload since September 23, 1982, and that he was on her caseload because of a fourteen year sentence imposed on a 1979 conviction. James argues that, because Ms. Knight did not state that he was on parole on March 15, 1983, there was no direct evidence of that fact and his conviction must fall. This court recently rejected a similar argument in Commonwealth v. Liuzzi, Ky., 685 S.W.2d 556 (1985), in which we held that failure to ask any witness the ultimate question was not error. Evidence was presented that James was on parole at the time of the trial and had been since September 23, 1982. It is clearly permissible to allow the jury to determine that he was on parole on March 15, 1983, a date falling within that period.