Shemwell v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “On February 25, 2004, the Ohio County Sheriffs Department responded to a domestic dispute call at Appellant’s residence. Upon arriving there, Deputy Danny Kessinger found Appellant, Appellant’s ex-wife Betty Shemwell, Appellant’s friend Reva Roeder, and Roeder’s son. Deputy Kessinger also found evidence of a suspected methamphetamine lab. After getting permission from Appellant, a thorough search of the property ensued. In Appellant’s garage, lithium batteries, batteries with lithium strips removed, and two small canisters containing hemostats and suspected marijuana seeds were found. Inside a shed, the police discovered a five-gallon bucket containing lithium strips and a pink powder which later tests revealed to contain ephedrine or pseudoephed-rine. Directly outside the shed, starter fluid cans with holes in the bottom were found. On a tractor, a wooden spoon with methamphetamine residue was located. Also scattered around Appellant’s property were a blender, scales, plastic baggie corners, a two-quart container containing ammonia, a two-quart container containing a two-layered substance consisting of liquid on the top and a sludge of pseudoephedrine on the bottom, two cans of fuel in a trash can, two containers of salt, drain cleaner, tubing, and a propane tank containing ammonia. Inside Appellant’s house, police discovered nine empty Sudafed packets inside a coat pocket and inside Reva Roeder’s purse, a wet coffee filter with methamphetamine residue.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Shemwell v. Commonwealth