After bench trial, prisoner was convicted in the Danville Circuit Court of possession of an unlawful chemical compound by a prisoner, and he appealed.
The Court of Appeals held that:
- Statute providing that it is unlawful for prisoner to procure, sell, secrete or have in his possession any chemical compound which he has not lawfully received is a strict liability offense, and
- Commonwealth was not required to prove that prisoner had knowing possession of the chemical compound.