Case DIH-0133
Dalton Hayes
Convicted of fentanyl distribution causing one death and one serious injury, and of possessing a firearm as a felon; the release gives no detail of the death.
- Court
- Federal, Western District of Kentucky
- State
- Kentucky
- Year sentenced
- 2023
- Drugs
- Fentanyl
- Conduct
- Unknown
- Relationship
- Not reported
- Conviction
- Fentanyl distribution resulting in death; serious injury; distribution; felon in possession
- Plea or trial
- Not reported in reviewed source
- Sentence
- 156 months imprisonment
- Found through
- Federal DOJ release survey 2020–2026
This was a federal prosecution. For what Kentucky’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see Kentucky in the state law guide.
Sources
- justice.govLouisville felon sentenced 13 years federal prison fentanyl distribution offenses
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