Legal Opinion
Thacker v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided June 21, 2002No. 2001-CA-001321-MRPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KNOPF, Judge.
On May 4, 2001, Leo Thacker pled guilty in Fayette Circuit Court to several counts of obtaining, and several counts of attempting to obtain a controlled substance by means of fraud, in violation of KRS 218A.140. By judgment entered May 29, 2001, Thacker was sentenced to five years’ probation in lieu of a five-year prison sentence as a second-degree persistent felony offender.1 Pursuant to RCr 8.09, he reserved his right to appeal from that judgment and now contends that the trial court erred when it denied his motion to suppress evidence. Thacker claims that the evidence…
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