Legal Opinion

Webb v. Commonwealth

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided August 24, 1995No. 94-SC-443-MRPublishedCited by 59 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SPAIN 1 , Justice.

Appellant, Anthony Webb, was convicted by a jury of Complicity to Trafficking in a Controlled Substance in the First Degree and of being a Persistent Felony Offender in the Second Degree. His ten-year sentence was enhanced to twenty years. Webb now appeals as a matter of right.

The testimony heard by the jury presented two significantly different versions of events. The appellant testified on his own behalf. According to the appellant’s theory of the case, his girlfriend, Melodie Phelps, had been introduced to Detective Steve Roberts by Gary Thompson, a confidential police…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Custis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  3. Luttrell v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1977
  4. McGuire v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1994
  5. Reed v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1987

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3Cited by59 opinions

  1. Tamme v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1998
  2. Brown v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2010
  3. Stopher v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2001
  4. Clark v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2007
  5. Hodge v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2000

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