Beckam v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
VANMETER, Judge.
Stephon D. Beckam appeals from the Meade Circuit Court’s judgment sentencing him to a total of twelve months’ imprisonment after a jury found him guilty of several drug-related offenses. Beckam argues that the trial court erred by failing to suppress evidence found at his home pursuant to the execution of a search warrant. For the following reasons, we affirm.
Ray Cottrell, Jr., the manager of Ray’s Ford, contacted police in January 2007, concerning “suspicious conduct” by Beck-am, who had rented several vehicles from Ray’s Ford since December 2006. Cottrell told…
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