HOWELL v. COM.

No. 2002-SC-1064-MR, 2003-SC-0219-TG.

163 S.W.3d 442 (2005)

Larry HOWELL, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee, and Commonwealth of Kentucky; Commonwealth's Attorney's Office for the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit; and Northern Kentucky Drug Strike Force, Appellants, v. Douglas M. Stephens, Judge, Kenton Circuit Court (Second Division); Department of Public Advocacy, Commonwealth of Kentucky; Larry E. Howell; and Finance and Administration Cabinet, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Appellees,

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

May 19, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shelly R. Fears, Assistant Public Advocate, Department of Public Advocacy, Frankfort, Counsel for Appellant Larry Howell (2002-SC-1064-MR).

Gregory D. Stumbo, Attorney General, David A. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Attorney General, Criminal Appellate Division, Frankfort, Counsel for Appellee Commonwealth of Kentucky (2002-SC-1064-MR).

Gregory D. Stumbo, Attorney General, David A. Smith, Kent T. Young, Assistant Attorneys General, Office of Attorney General, Criminal Appellate Division, Frankfort, Counsel for Appellants Commonwealth of Kentucky; Commonwealth's Attorney's Office for the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit; and Northern Kentucky Drug Strike Force (2003-SC-0219-TG).

Douglas Stephens, pro se, Judge, Kenton Circuit Court, Covington, Counsel for Appellee Douglas M. Stephens, Judge, Kenton Circuit Court (Second Division) (2003-SC-0219-TG).

Larry D. Beale, Department of Public Advocacy, Frankfort, Dennis Stutsman, Lexington, Counsel for Appellee Department of Public Advocacy, Commonwealth of Kentucky (2003-SC-0219-TG).

Larry E. Howell, pro se, Luther Luckett Correctional Complex, La Grange, Counsel for Appellee Larry E. Howell (2003-SC-0219-TG).

M. Holliday Hopkins, Finance and Administration Cabinet, Frankfort, Counsel for Appelee Finance and Administration Cabinet, Commonwealth of Kentucky (2003-SC-0219-TG).


Opinion of the Court by Justice COOPER.

On October 30, 2002, a Kenton Circuit Court jury convicted Appellant, Larry Howell, of trafficking in a controlled substance in or near a school, KRS 218A. 1411, and of unlawful transaction with a minor in the second degree, KRS 530.065, both Class D felonies, and of being a persistent felony offender in the first degree (PFO I), KRS 532.080(3). By final judgment of November 13, 2002, Appellant was sentenced to twenty years...

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