Opinions For October 12, 2007
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Bluegrass Region

Tobar V Com., 2006-CA-001314 -- To Be Published ; Affirming -- PDF

Terry Lee Tobar appeals from a judgment of conviction and final sentence entered by the Fayette Circuit Court on May 31, 2006. Prior to the entry of this judgment of conviction, Tobar entered a conditional guilty plea to one count of Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration, Kentucky Revised Statute (KRS) 17.510(10). On appeal, Tobar, who contends he is homeless, insists that KRS 17.510(10) is unconstitutional because it is void for vagueness. Finding that the statute is not vague as it applies to Tobar, we affirm.

Conley V Com., 2006-CA-001590 -- Not To Be Published ; Affirming -- PDF

David Wade Conley appeals from a judgment of the Fayette Circuit Court upon a conditional guilty plea convicting him of cultivation of marijuana, a Class D felony, and possession of drug paraphernalia, a Class A misdemeanor. Conley was sentenced to one year in prison for the cultivation of marijuana conviction and a concurrent one year sentence for the paraphernalia conviction with the total sentence being probated for three years. Conley appeals from the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized from his residence. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.

Hellstrom V Com., 2006-CA-001828 -- Not To Be Published ; Affirming -- PDF

Appellant, Leif Eric Hellstrom, appeals pro se from an order of the Jessamine Circuit Court denying his motion for relief pursuant to CR 60.02. Finding no error, we affirm.

Edmonds V Com., 2006-CA-002238 -- Not To Be Published ; Affirming -- PDF

This appeal arises from a conditional guilty plea by Dierekus Lamont Edmonds (Appellant) to charges of criminal attempt to tamper with physical evidence and possession of marijuana. Appellant reserved the right to appeal the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence. Appellant seeks to suppress marijuana found at the scene of his arrest. He asserts that the arrest was unlawful and, therefore, the marijuana found at the scene should be suppressed as fruit of the poisonous tree. The trial court found that the issue of the marijuana was a factual question that should be determined by a trial and not an issue for suppression. We agree with the trial court and hold that the arrest of Appellant was lawful and the issue of whether or not the marijuana belonged to Appellant is one for a trier of fact.

Central Region
None

Eastern Region

Hensley V Com., 2005-CA-002501 -- To Be Published ; Reversing and Remanding -- PDF

Michael Hensley (hereinafter “Hensley”) entered a conditional guilty plea pursuant to Kentucky Rules of Criminal Procedure (CR) 8.09 in the Knox Circuit Court to the amended charge of attempting to manufacture methamphetamine1 and received a sentence of seven and one-half years. Within his guilty plea, Hensley reserved the right to appeal the circuit court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence. It is from this denial that he appeals to this Court. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand to the Knox Circuit Court.

Northern Region

Salyers V Com., 2006-CA-000538 -- Not To Be Published ; Affirming -- PDF

Charles Salyers was convicted, in Greenup Circuit Court, on one count of rape in the first degree and was sentenced to ten years' incarceration. Now, Salyers appeals the judgment of conviction and argues that the Greenup Circuit Court erred regarding the admissibility of certain expert testimony and erred by failing to instruct the jury on lesser included offenses. After reviewing the record and considering the arguments of the parties, we affirm Salyers's judgment of conviction.

Roark Jr. V Com., 2006-CA-001490 -- Not To Be Published ; Affirming -- PDF

Franklin Roark, Jr. (Roark) appeals from the trial court's order denying his RCr 11.42 motion to set aside his convictions for first-degree sexual abuse, first-degree robbery, and second-degree burglary. In his RCr 11.42 motion, Roark argued that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to call exculpatory witnesses Vicki Barnett (Barnett) and Richard Marksberry to testify, for failing to obtain expert testimony regarding DNA evidence, and for failing to obtain expert testimony regarding the reliability of evidence obtained after the victim underwent hypnosis. On this appeal, Roark only raised the issue with regard to trial counsel's failure to call Barnett to testify. Therefore, we will limit our review to that issue. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

Maddix V Com., 2006-CA-001633. -- Not To Be Published ; Affirming -- PDF

Gregory Casey Maddix, pro se, appeals the denial of his Kentucky Rule of Civil Procedure (CR) 60.02 motion in which he sought credit, pursuant to Kentucky Revised Statute (KRS) 532.120(3), for time spent in a Florida jail while awaiting extradition to Kentucky and while incarcerated on a Florida charge. While Maddix was in the Florida jail, he was on parole from the aforementioned conviction and sentence imposed by Boyd Circuit Court. After a careful review of the record, we affirm the denial of his motion.

Kirby V Com., 2006-CA-002227 -- Not To Be Published ; Affirming -- PDF

Patrick Kirby entered a conditional guilty plea, pursuant to Kentucky Rules of Criminal Procedure (RCr) 8.09, to the charges of driving under the influence first offense, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled substance first degree and failure to yield to a traffic control device. He was sentenced to serve one year. He filed a motion to suppress the introduction in evidence of drugs and drug paraphernalia seized during a search of his car after a traffic stop. The court conducted an evidentiary hearing on the motion and, after hearing testimony, determined that the traffic stop that resulted in Kirby's arrest was allowed by the holding in Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S.1 (1968) because the police officer had a reasonable and articulable suspicion of criminal activity. Kirby's conditional plea reserved the right to appeal the trial court's decision, and this appeal followed. After a review of the record, we find no error and affirm.

Com.V Cole, 2006-CA-002249 -- To Be Published ; Reversing and Remanding -- PDF

The Commonwealth of Kentucky appeals from an order of the Boone Circuit Court dismissing a charge of probation violation and releasing defendant, Christopher Cole, from the custody of the Boone County Jail. The order was based on the court’s finding that a 2004 order of the Boone Circuit Court improperly extended Cole’s probationary period. The Commonwealth argues that Cole expressly or impliedly consented to an extension of the original five-year probationary period, and that the Boone Circuit Court erred in failing to so find. For the reasons stated below, we reverse the order on appeal and remand it for further proceedings.

Western Region
(none)

Louisville Metro

Silverbug V Com., 2006-ca-000640 -- Not To Be Published ; Affirming -- PDF

Charles Joseph Dean appeals from a revocation of his probation by the Jefferson Circuit Court. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm.

Dailey v Com., 2006-CA-002050 -- Not To Be Published ; Affirming -- PDF

Ronald Lee Dailey, a prisoner detained in the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex, appeals the denial of his motion to vacate his criminal conviction under CR 60.02. For the reasons herein, we affirm Jefferson Circuit Court's denial of relief.


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