Legal Opinion

Chavies v. Commonwealth

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided October 27, 2011No. 2010-SC-000479-MRPublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice MINTON.

A circuit court jury convicted Christopher Chavies of manufacturing methamphetamine; receipt of stolen property worth $500 or more, but less than $10,000; and being a second-degree persistent felony offender. The trial court sentenced him to a total of fifty years’ imprisonment.

*107Chavies now appeals his conviction as a matter of right,1 contending the judgment must be reversed because of (1) improper admission of evidence seized during a search of his vehicle, (2) insufficient evidence of the offense of manufacturing methamphetamine, (3) insufficient…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Delaware v. ProuseSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Berkemer v. McCartySupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. United States v. SokolowSupreme Court of the United States · 1989

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GarySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  2. State of Iowa v. Christopher George StormSupreme Court of Iowa · 2017
  3. Martin v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2013
  4. State v. RochaNebraska Supreme Court · 2017
  5. Blane v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2012

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