Legal Opinion

Dike v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided December 2, 2011No. 2010-CA-001846-MRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MOORE, Judge:

Olivia Dike appeals the judgment of the Graves Circuit Court following her conditional guilty plea to the charges of First Degree Possession of Methamphetamine, first offense; and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, first offense. After a careful review of the record, we vacate the judgment against Dike because the circuit court erred in failing to suppress her statement and the evidence found as a result of her statement.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Officer Brent Farmer of the Mayfield Police Department testified during the suppression hearing1 in this case.…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. New York v. QuarlesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Henry v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2008
  4. Smith v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2010
  5. Bhattacharya v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2009

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