Legal Opinion
Woods v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided June 28, 1990No. 89-SC-194-MRPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEIBSON, Justice.
Melvin Woods was charged and convicted in McCracken Circuit Court of two separate narcotics offenses: (1) “Trafficking in Schedule II Narcotic Controlled Substance [Cocaine], Second or Subsequent Offense,” for which he was sentenced to twenty years; and (2) “Trafficking in Marijuana, Under 8 Ounces, Second or Subsequent Offense,” for which he was sentenced to five years. The sentences were run consecutively for a total of twenty-five years. He appeals to this Court as a matter of right.
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