Legal Opinion
Tucker v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided February 17, 2006No. 2004-CA-002421-MRPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BUCKINGHAM, Judge.
Robert Tucker appeals from a judgment of the Wayne Circuit Court wherein he was convicted of several offenses and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The judgment was based on a conditional guilty plea entered by Tucker following the denial of his motion to suppress evidence. The issue involves whether the investigatory stop (Terry stop) that led to Tucker’s arrest and conviction was valid. We affirm.
On December 1, 2003, law enforcement authorities received a phone call from a person identifying himself as Jason Piercy stating that Robert Tucker had been threatening…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- United States v. ArvizuSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
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