2005 Unpublished Court of Appeals Opinions Index

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Jackson V Com, 2003-CA-002379--Not To Be Published; Affirming -- PDF

Appellant, Kenneth Jackson (Jackson), directly appeals his Calloway Circuit Court conviction for one count of first degree trafficking in a controlled substance, a violation of KRS 218A.1412. We affirm the conviction. Informant Reed, a cousin of Appellant Jackson, told Jackson he was trying to obtain some crack cocaine. Reed did not request that Jackson buy him crack. Jackson informed Reed that he could get some crack cocaine for him. Reed provided Jackson with money, and Jackson returned with a “rock” of crack.

Jackson v Com, 2004-CA-000368 -- Not Published ; Affirming -- PDF

Donnell Antoine Jackson brings this pro se appeal from a January 21, 2004, Order of the McCracken Circuit Court summarily denying his Ky. R. Crim. P. (RCr) 11.42 motion to vacate sentence. We affirm.

Jackson v Com, 2004-CA-000368 -- Not Published ; Affirming -- PDF

Donnell Antoine Jackson brings this pro se appeal from a January 21, 2004, Order of the McCracken Circuit Court summarily denying his Ky. R. Crim. P. (RCr) 11.42 motion to vacate sentence. We affirm.

Jameson v Com, 2001-CA-000090--Not To Be Published; Affirming -- PDF

This matter is before us on remand by the Kentucky Supreme Court by opinion and order dated December 8, 2004. The Court vacated our opinion rendered October 17, 2003, and ordered us to reconsider it in light of Cosby v. Commonwealth, 147 S.W.3d 56 (Ky. 2004). Upon reconsideration, we affirm.

Jenkins, Jr. v Com., 2004-CA-001487 -- Not Published ; Affirming in Part, Vacating in Part, and Remanding -- PDF

This is an appeal from an order denying appellant’s RCr 11.42 motion without an evidentiary hearing. Appellant argues that his counsel on his guilty plea was ineffective for failing to advise him of the availability of the 1998 amendment to KRS 532.110 to mitigate his sentence. Because the record established that appellant’s counsel on the guilty plea rendered ineffective assistance of counsel for failing to so advise appellant, we vacate appellant’s sentence and remand the matter for re-sentencing pursuant to KRS 532.110(1)(c).

Jett v Com., 2004-CA-001470 -- Not Published ; Affirming -- PDF

This is an appeal from the Kenton Circuit Court’s judgment and order sentencing appellant, Marlene Jett, to three years’ pretrial diversion, ninety days conditional discharge for two years, and a $250 fine pursuant to Jett’s conditional guilty plea to charges of possession of a controlled substance in the first and third degrees. On appeal, Jett contends that the circuit court erred in not granting her motion to suppress. For the following reasons, we affirm.

Johnson v Com, 2004-CA-000349 -- Not To Be Published; Affirming -- PDF

As we directed on remand in an unpublished opinion in Johnson v. Commonwealth, the circuit court conducted an evidentiary hearing in Corey L. Johnson’s pending RCr 2 11.42 motion on the limited issue of whether defense counsel discussed a potential extreme emotional disturbance (EED) defense with Johnson before his guilty plea and whether any actual prejudice occurred should defense counsel’s performance be deemed deficient. In the order that followed, the circuit court denied Johnson’s motion for RCr 11.42 relief, finding that defense counsel had indeed discussed an EED defense with Johnson before the guilty plea and that there was no evidence that defense counsel’s performance was deficient. Johnson has appealed from that ruling. We affirm.

Johnson v Com, 2003-CA-002745 -- Not To Be Published; Affirming -- PDF

Lashawn Johnson appeals from a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court, entered November 21, 2003, convicting him of receiving stolen property1 and sentencing him to four years in prison. Johnson was accused of possessing a car he knew was stolen. He contends that his trial was rendered unfair by the admission into evidence of his un-Mirandized statement to a police officer, by the exclusion of evidence tending to show that he did not know the car was stolen, and by a court clerk’s misstatement concerning his criminal history. He also contends that he was entitled to a new trial when a witness who had failed to appear subsequently became available. We affirm.

Johnson v Com, 2004-CA-000647 -- Not To Be Published;Affirming -- PDF

Dwayne Johnson appeals pro se from an order of the Campbell Circuit Court denying his motion seeking RCr 11.42 relief. Johnson claims in this appeal that he was afforded ineffective assistance at trial. After reviewing the record, we affirm.

Johnson v Com, 2004-CA-000726 -- Not Published ; Affirming -- PDF

This is a pro se appeal from an order entered by the Christian Circuit Court denying appellant Antonio Johnson’s motion seeking CR 60.02 relief from the judgment and sentence entered against him after he entered Alford pleas to first-degree arson and three counts of capital murder. For the reasons stated hereafter, we affirm.

Johnson v Com, 2004-CA-001375 -- Not Published ;Affirming -- PDF

Terron Johnson appeals from an order of the Henderson Circuit Court following his conditional plea of guilty to one count each of first-degree possession of a controlled substance (cocaine) and possession of marijuana. Prior to pleading guilty, Johnson unsuccessfully filed a motion to suppress the introduction of evidence discovered during a police search of his automobile. He now appeals the order that denied his motion to suppress. After our review of the record, we -2- affirm both the order denying the motion to suppress and the judgment entered upon the guilty plea. At the suppression hearing conducted by the trial

Johnson v Com,2004-CA-001083 -- Not Published ; Affirming -- PDF

Robert Johnson appeals, pro se, from an order of the Jefferson Circuit Court denying his CR1 60.02 motion for relief from his judgment of conviction. We affirm.

Johnson v Com, 2004-CA-000879 -- Not Published ; Affirming - -- PDF

Anthony Johnson appeals from a judgment of the Graves Circuit Court convicting him of trafficking in cocaine and sentencing him to ten years’ imprisonment. He argues that the trial court erroneously allowed the prosecution to comment on his post-arrest silence, improperly refused to allow cross-examination of the confidential informants, and failed to hold a competency hearing after ordering a mental evaluation on him. We find that the only error committed by the trial court, the failure to hold a competency hearing, was harmless and, thus, the judgment is affirmed.

Johnson v Com., 2004-CA-001960 -- Published ;Affirming -- PDF

James Ray Johnson appeals from the Ohio Circuit Court’s denial of his motion to vacate its judgment of conviction and sentence pursuant to RCr 11.42 and his motion for the trial judge’s recusal. For the following reasons, we affirm.

Johnston v Com, 2003-CA-001327--Not To Be Published; Reversing -- PDF

Gary Lynn Johnston appeals from an order of the Jefferson Circuit Court denying his motion for post-conviction relief pursuant to Ky. R. Crim. P. (RCr) 11.42. Johnston contends he received ineffective assistance of counsel in connection with his entry of a guilty plea to charges involving the sexual abuse of an eight-year old child. We conclude that Johnston did not receive ineffective assistance of counsel, and thus, we affirm.

Jones v Com, 2004-CA-000103 -- Not To Be Published; Affirming -- PDF

Deshane Jones appeals from a judgment of the Montgomery Circuit Court convicting him of third-degree rape and of being a second-degree persistent felony offender (PFO II). We affirm.

Jones v Com, 2004-CA-000001 -- Not To Be Published; Affirming -- PDF

Darrell Eugene Jones pled guilty and was sentenced by the McCreary Circuit Court to eight years in prison on two counts of trafficking in a controlled substance. The facts indicate that Jones drove his truck to the residence of a confidential informant and therein sold the controlled substances. Pursuant to the Commonwealth’s motion, the court also ordered Jones’s 1999 Ford Ranger pickup truck forfeited to the Lake Cumberland Area Drug Task Force. Jones appealed from this order, and we affirm.

Jones v Com, 2004-CA-000952 -- Not Published ; Affirming -- PDF

Bobby A. Jones brings this appeal from an April 26, 2004, judgment of the Montgomery Circuit Court upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and sentencing him to three years and six months’ imprisonment. We affirm.

Jones v Com, 2004-CA-001391 -- Not to be Published ; Affirming -- PDF

Gary Jones brings this appeal from a July 8, 2004, judgment of the Montgomery Circuit Court sentencing him to fifteen years’ imprisonment upon his conviction after a jury trial on two counts of trafficking in a controlled substance, second degree, and one count of being a persistent felony offender, first degree. We affirm.

Jones V Com., 2004-CA-000700 -- Not Published ; Affriming - -- PDF

Charles A. Jones (Jones) entered a guilty plea to a number of charges stemming from several incidents of purse snatching. He appeals the order of the Jefferson Circuit Court denying his motion under RCr 11.42 to vacate or set aside his judgment. Jones argues on appeal that his defense counsel provided ineffective assistance of counsel. Because we conclude that his claim is founded on a clerical mistake that the trial court rectified and the record conclusively refutes Jones’s other arguments in support of his ineffective assistance claim, we affirm.

Jones v Com, 2004-CA-000952 -- Not Published ; Reversing and Remanding - -- PDF

Bobby A. Jones brings this appeal from an April 26, 2004, judgment of the Montgomery Circuit Court upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and sentencing him to three years and six months’ imprisonment. We reverse and remand.

Jones III v Com., 2003-CA-002422 -- Not Published ; Affirming -- PDF

Floyd Mike Jones appeals from a judgment convicting him of incest, thirteen counts of third-degree sodomy, eight counts of third-degree rape and one count of bribing a witness for which he was sentenced to a total of ten years’ imprisonment. In support of his contention that he is entitled to a new trial, appellant argues that the trial judge erred in limiting the trial testimony of his DNA expert and in allowing the Commonwealth to introduce irrelevant and highly prejudicial pornographic images into evidence. Finding no reversible error in either contention, we affirm the judgment of conviction.

Jones v Com.,2004-CA-001952 -- Not To Be Published ; Affirming -- PDF

Norman Edwin Jones appeals the denial of his latest CR 60.02 motion based on alleged conflicts between one of his attorneys and some trial witnesses. We agree that it was error for the trial court to use the three-year statute of limitations in RCr 11.42(10) for Jones’s CR 60.02 motion. However, Jones’s motion was still untimely under CR 60.02(b) and (f). Hence, we affirm.

J.V. v Com, 2003-CA-001928-mr -- Not Published ; Affirming- -- PDF

J.V. appeals from a judgment of the Clinton Circuit Court finding him guilty of three counts of seconddegree rape, one count of third-degree rape, four counts of incest, and one count of first-degree sodomy and sentencing him to fifteen years’ imprisonment. Appellant claims that the trial court denied him the ability to present a defense by disallowing certain evidence which may have accounted for his daughter’s vaginal trauma. In addition, he complains that the evidence was insufficient to prove first-degree sodomy and that the jury instructions allowed the jurors to convict him of the remaining charges without reaching a unanimous verdict. We disagree and, thus, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.
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