Kentucky Supreme Court June 16, 2005, 2003-SC-0927-DG (Commonwealth v. Mitchell)

Opinion of the Court by

Justice JOHNSTONE.

On February 15, 2001, Appellee, Lorrie Mitchell, sold six Oxycontin pills to police informant Kevin Bowling. Mitchell was thereafter indicted by a Floyd County Grand Jury on one count of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance (Oxy-contin). At trial, the Commonwealth played for the jury an audio recording of the undercover drug buy.