Legal Opinion

Woods v. Commonwealth

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided June 28, 1990No. 89-SC-194-MRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

793 S.W.2d 809 (1990)

Melvin WOODS, Appellant,

v.

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

No. 89-SC-194-MR.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

June 28, 1990.

Rehearing Denied September 6, 1990.

J. Kirk Griggs, II, Lexington, for appellant.

Frederic J. Cowan, Atty. Gen., Ian G. Sonego, Asst. Atty. Gen., Criminal Appellate Div., Frankfort, for appellee.

LEIBSON, Justice.

Melvin Woods was charged and convicted in McCracken Circuit Court of two separate narcotics offenses: (1) "Trafficking in Schedule II Narcotic Controlled Substance [Cocaine], Second or Subsequent Offense," for which he was sentenced to twenty years;…

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2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Marshall v. LonbergerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Steve M. Solomon, Jr., Inc. v. EdgarCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1955
  4. Boulder v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1980
  5. Roberts v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1986

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