Legal Opinion
Matthews v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided April 21, 2005No. 2003-SC-0364-MRPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.
This appeal is from a judgment based on a jury verdict that convicted Matthews of manufacturing methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and being a first-degree persistent felony offender. He was sentenced to a total of forty-five years in prison.
The questions presented are whether an alleged violation of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (IAD) required dismissal of this case; whether prosecutorial misconduct occurred; whether the trial judge abused his discretion by failing to hold an evidentiary hearing on the IAD issue; whether…
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