Shavers v. Commonwealth

JONES, Justice.

The appellant, Bobby Shavers, was convicted by a Jefferson Circuit Court Jury on a charge of illegal sales of narcotics. Judgment, in accordance with the verdict, imposed a sentence of seven years’ con*884finement in the state penitentiary. Shavers appeals from the judgment of conviction, asserting numerous grounds of error.

On the night of August 30, 1973, at approximately 11:00 p. m., undercover officers Harper and Hile of the Louisville Police Department Narcotics Bureau contacted Shavers at 16th and Gallagher Streets in the city of Louisville concerning the purchase of some…