Legal Opinion

Roberson v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided February 16, 1973PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VANCE, Commissioner.

Samuel Evans Roberson was convicted in the Franklin Circuit Court of the offense of unlawful possession of narcotics and sentenced to two years’ confinement in the penitentiary and fined $6,000.00. We affirm the judgment.

On August 30, 1971, Detective Courtney of the Frankfort Police Department received information from an unnamed informant that a package containing narcotics was being sent airmail special delivery to a Samuel Roberson through the Frankfort Post Office, and that the package would arrive August 30th or 31st. He confirmed from the post office employees that…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  5. McCray v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1967

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Waugh v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1980
  2. Martin v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1979
  3. Faught v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1983
  4. Frizzell v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1974

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