Clifford v. Commonwealth

7 S.W.3d 371 (1999)

Charles CLIFFORD, Appellant,

v.

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

97-SC-368-MR.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

November 18, 1999.

Rehearing Denied January 20, 2000.

Brenda Popplewell, Somerset, for Appellant.

A.B. Chandler, III, Attorney General, State Capitol, Frankfort, Courtney A. Jones, Assistant Attorney General, Frankfort, for Appellee.

Opinion of the court by Justice COOPER.

Following a jury trial in the Campbell Circuit Court, Appellant was convicted of one count of trafficking in a controlled substance in the first-degree. He then entered a guilty plea to being a persistent…