Matheney v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by Justice ROACH.

Appellant Jeffrey Matheney was convicted by a Hopkins Circuit Court jury of manufacturing methamphetamine and of being a persistent felony offender in the second degree. He was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment and appeals to this Court as a matter of right. Appellant argues that since he did not possess all the chemicals necessary to manufacture methamphetamine, his conviction must be reversed pursuant to Kotila v. Commonwealth, 114 S.W.3d 226 (Ky.2003). We conclude that Kotila was wrongfully decided and affirm Appellant’s conviction.

I. Kotila Issue

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