Sanders v. Commonwealth

HOWERTON, Judge.

James and Ernestine Sanders appeal from a judgment in the Mason Circuit Court with a five-year sentence for possession of a Schedule II controlled substance. They present two allegations of error. They first argue that the trial judge erred by sentencing each of them to a five-year term for possession of cocaine. The second argument is that the trial court erred by overruling their motion to suppress the evidence seized from their home on May 21, 1982.

The appellants were each indicted on four counts involving drug-related crimes in violation of KRS Chapter 218A. They were…