Bays v. Commonwealth

REED, Justice.

Steven Allen Bays was convicted of possession of Demerol, a dangerous drug, in violation of KRS 218.020. The Demerol was taken from him in a search of his person by a police officer. The only error asserted by Bays in his appeal from the conviction is that the drug found by the officer on his person was procured by a war-rantless search and was improperly admitted in evidence. Bays claims that the search violated the requirements of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States and Section 10 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.…