Legal Opinion

Bratcher v. Commonwealth

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided February 20, 2014No. 2012-SC-000627-MRPublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

Justice VENTERS.

Appellant, Robert Bratcher, appeals as a matter of right, Ky. Const. § 110(2)(b), from a judgment of the Muhlenberg Circuit Court sentencing him to a total of twenty-one years imprisonment following his conditional guilty plea to manufacturing methamphetamine and second-degree persistent felony offender (PFO) status. In connection with his guilty plea, Appellant reserved for appeal the issue of whether the trial court erred by denying his motion to suppress the drug-related evidence seized during a warrantless search of his residence by a state police…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. United States v. KnightsSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
  2. Samson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  3. Virginia v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
  4. Cook v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1992
  5. United States v. HerndonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2007

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Michael E. Simpson v. Commonwealth of KentuckyKentucky Supreme Court · 2015
  2. Commonwealth v. SmithMissouri Court of Appeals · 2018
  3. Jones v. LaffertyDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 2016
  4. Anthony Stalcup v. Commonwealth of KentuckyKentucky Supreme Court · 2023
  5. Christopher S. Newman v. Commonwealth of KentuckyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2024

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