Coates v. Commonwealth

CLAY, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted under KRS 218.020 of possessing marijuana, and was fined $100 and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. He asserts several grounds for reversal which will be considered after a brief statement of the facts.

Appellant was stopped on a public highway for a traffic violation. Another police officer arrived who had been given information that appellant’s automobile contained marijuana. Upon appellant’s consent to a search, a canvas bag of marijuana was found in the car. Appellant testified that a friend had advised him that he knew of a field where…