Legal Opinion
Christopher Alexander Pope v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided February 16, 2021No. 2019 SC 0522Unknown
1Opinion of the Court
RENDERED: FEBRUARY 18, 2021 TO BE PUBLISHED Supreme Court of Kentucky 2019-SC-0522-MR CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER POPE APPELLANT ON APPEAL FROM LINCOLN CIRCUIT COURT v. HONORABLE DAVID A. TAPP, JUDGE NO. 18-CR-00152 COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY APPELLEE OPINION OF THE COURT BY JUSTICE HUGHES AFFIRMING After a Lincoln County jury found Appellant Christopher Pope guilty of trafficking in a controlled substance (heroin) in the first degree, he pled guilty to being a persistent felony offender in the first degree (PFO I). The jury recommended a twenty-year prison sentence and the trial court sentenced him…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Smith v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Illinois v. CaballesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Commonwealth v. EnglishKentucky Supreme Court · 1999
- Chestnut v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2008
11 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.