COM. v. TATE

No. 93-SC-675-DG.

893 S.W.2d 368 (1995)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellant v. Gregory L. TATE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

February 16, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chris Gorman, Atty. Gen. and Carol C. Ullerich, Asst. Atty. Gen., Crim. Appellate Div., Office of the Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellant.

Robert B. Cetrulo and Susanne M. Cetrulo, Ware, Bryson, West & Kummer, Edgewood, for appellee.


REYNOLDS, Justice.

This appeal arises from appellee's judgment of conviction of two counts of second-degree robbery, possession of a controlled substance, and being a second-degree persistent felony offender, for which he is serving a twelve-year sentence.

At issue is whether drug addiction is a mental disease, defect, or illness for purposes of KRS 504.020.

Gregory Tate, being in need of money to supply his drug habit, pawned his TV and VCR, borrowed...

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