Legal Opinion
Shanks v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided January 18, 1974PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEINFELD, Justice.
Appellant Donald Shanks was convicted on two counts of illegal possession of narcotic drugs. KRS 218.020. He was sentenced to serve 20 years in the penitentiary and fined $1000 on one count and was sentenced to serve five years and fined $250 on the other count, the sen*710tences to be served consecutively. He appeals. We reverse.1
About 9:30 p. m. on June 31, 1969, Detective Fred Blake and other officers of the Lexington Police Department arrived at the Embers Inn Motel to answer a complaint concerning prostitution. They waited in room 251 to ascertain if criminal acts were…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- United States v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Cupp v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Gustafson v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Shanks v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1971
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonKentucky Supreme Court · 1989
- Howard v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1977
- Matlock v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2011
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonKentucky Supreme Court · 1989