Legal Opinion

Lucas v. Voirol

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided April 9, 2004No. 2003-CA-001811-MRPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

KNOPF, Judge.

Larry Lucas appeals pro se from an order of the Oldham Circuit Court, entered July 14, 2003, dismissing his petition for review of a disciplinary ruling by officials of the Luther Luckett Correction Complex in LaGrange. The trial court ruled that Lucas’s punishment for using marijuana in violation of prison regulations was justified by evidence of a positive drug test. The court further ruled that Lucas’s petition challenging that result was frivolous. Lucas contests both of these rulings. He contends that prison officials failed to establish a chain of custody for the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Smith v. O'DEACourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1997
  2. Byerly v. AshleyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1991

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. South Carolina Department of Social Services v. CochranSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2005

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