Thursday, August 23, 2012

Supreme Court Reverses Conviction

{Louisville, Kentucky}...Thursday, the Kentucky Supreme Court reversed the conviction of 32 year old Quaynell Duron King,  a Lexington man convicted on drug possession charges. Justice Will T. Scott found that Fayette Circuit Court Judge Thomas Clark erred in denying King's request to represent himself. Scott wrote that King made the decision with "eyes open" and knew the pitfalls. King is serving 10 years in prison on a variety of charges. The high court let King's other convictions for trafficking and escape stand.