Opinion ID: 2356175
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Heading: original guilty plea and procedural history.

Text: Gaddie entered a guilty plea in the district court to the charges of prescription drugs not in original container and possession of marijuana, for which she received a term of imprisonment of 180 days in jail, probated for two years. One of the conditions of her probation was submission to drug screens to ensure that she did not use illicit drugs. Two months after she entered her guilty plea, she had a positive drug screen for marijuana. Based on the positive drug screen, the Commonwealth moved the district court to revoke Gaddie's probation. In lieu of revocation, Gaddie agreed to an increase in her term of imprisonment from 180 days in jail to twelve months in jail, probated for two years on condition of successful completion of drug court. The district court issued an amended judgment reflecting the agreement. After Gaddie failed to appear for drug court on the day following the agreement, the district court issued a bench warrant for her arrest. Law enforcement officers did not arrest Gaddie on the outstanding bench warrant until over one year after it was issued. In the interim, the district court issued an order terminating Gaddie from the drug court program and requiring her to serve the twelve-month term of imprisonment upon her arrest. After serving six months in the county detention center, Gaddie filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus under Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS) 419.020 in the circuit court. The circuit court concluded that being allowed to participate in the drug court program was an extraordinary circumstance justifying relief under CR 60.02(f), especially when Gaddie requested and agreed to the relief. And the circuit court reasoned that although constitutional rights were at issue, such rights could be waived, as Gaddie had done when she agreed to an amendment of the original judgment to provide for a longer jail term if she did not complete the drug court program.