Commonwealth v. Hatcher

Opinion of the Court by

Justice JOHNSTONE.

Appellee, Dedra Hatcher, entered a conditional guilty plea in the McCracken Circuit Court to second offense possession of drug paraphernalia following the trial court’s denial of her motion to suppress evidence seized during a warrantless search of her residence. The Court of Appeals reversed the judgment and remanded the case to the trial court. This Court thereafter granted the Commonwealth’s motion for discretionary review. For the reasons set forth herein, we now affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals.

In November 2001, the Paducah Police…