Rhodes v. Commonwealth

GANT, Judge.

Appellant appeals his conviction in Jefferson County of five counts of receiving stolen property, resulting in a total sentence of five years’ imprisonment. The sole ground urged for reversal is that the lower court failed to sustain a motion to dismiss the indictment, this motion being predicated on the 180-day trial requirement provided in KRS 440.450, the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (IAD).

Appellant, at the hearing on the motion to dismiss, testified that he had a conversation with a Mr. Whiteman, an officer at the penitentiary where he was confined, in Pen-dleton County,…