Carter v. Commonwealth

LEIBSON, Justice.

Claude Carter was convicted in the Logan Circuit Court of possession of marijuana and trafficking in LSD. He was sentenced to five years imprisonment for the marijuana conviction, and ten years imprisonment for the LSD conviction. Both sentences were enhanced to terms of thirteen years, a total of twenty-six years, as a first-degree persistent felony offender.

The principal issues raised on appeal involve taking and admitting into evidence the videotaped deposition of one Charles Elam, Jr., a paid police informant. Elam testified by deposition that he encountered Carter during…