Coker v. Commonwealth

WILHOIT, Judge.

These consolidated appeals are of the convictions in the Jefferson Circuit Court of Donald Coker and Melissa Pritchard for trafficking in cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia.

On December 30, 1988, a search warrant was issued by a district judge for search of the appellant Coker’s apartment located at 814 Glen Hollow Road in Louisville, Kentucky. The warrant was supported by a sworn affidavit and described both the basis for the search and the premises to be searched. The affidavit set out probable cause to believe a hand grenade used in an assault was there. The…