CAN A DUI, CAN THE POLICE FORCE A BLOOD TEST ON YOU?
The answer is yes and no. It depends on the facts of your DUI. KRS 189A.105(2)b allows the police to get a search warrant for a blood test in a DUI investigation if a person is killed or seriously injured. The constitutionality of DUI blood tests was first considered...IS THE SEARCH WARRANT POLICE RELIED ON TO SEARCH MY HOME INVALID/UNCONSTITUTIONAL?
In Franks v. Delaware, 438 U.S. 154 (1978), the U.S. Supreme Court held that when a defendant makes a substantial preliminary showing that the police obtained a search warrant with deliberate or reckless misrepresentations in the search warrant affidavit and where...WHAT IS “RELEVANT” EVIDENCE?
In order for evidence to be used in a courtroom, the trial judge must agree that it is “relevant evidence.” To be considered relevant the evidence must have “any tendency” to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the...Ban the Box law
The purpose of ‘Ban the Box’ laws is to provide better employment opportunities for those with an arrest or conviction. Approximately 25% of adults in the United States have an arrest or conviction. That’s over 65 million people with little hope for meaningful...IF I AM CONVICTED OF DUI IN KENTUCKY , WILL MY HOME STATE FIND OUT?
Unless you are lucky and the Kentucky clerks do not report your DUI conviction to the National database, your home state will be informed of your Kentucky DUI. Once your home state discovers you were convicted of DUI in Kentucky, your home state will suspend your...Search Warrants
Search Warrants Anyone that’s watched television has at least a vague notion of the purpose of a search warrant. In general terms, a search warrant is provided by a judge and authorizes law enforcement personnel to search for specific items at specific location during...What happens when a child is determined in court to be a JUVENILE SEX OFFENDER?
Juveniles convicted of felony sex crimes are automatically classified as a “juvenile sexual offenders,” pursuant to KRS 635.510(1). When charged as a juvenile sexual offender the child will be committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice for treatment....When Can Police Stop and Frisk You?
TERRY V. OHIO The Supreme Court approved police seizures and frisks of suspects on the street when police have: Specific and articulable facts taken together with rational inferences from those facts reasonably warranting suspicious criminal conduct. When the police...RAISING FEDERAL ISSUES
RAISING FEDERAL ISSUES IN A STATE COURT PROSECUTION CAN TURN A LOSER CASE INTO A NOT GUILTY VERDICT All state courts must follow the U.S. Constitution. However, if your attorney fails to argue that your federal rights were violated by the local police,...THIS IS AN ADVERTISEMENT. COURT COSTS AND CASE EXPENSES WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CLIENT
Voted Top Criminal Lawyer 2014 By Louisville Magazine
Res Ipsa Kids is a non-profit, 501 (c) (3) corporation designed to help needy children in the local area. I recruit other law firms to become regular donors. So, I begin my first tentative steps, but hope to report soon about great progress in this non-profit endeavor to help those less fortunate than myself.
Voted Top Criminal Lawyer 2014 By Louisville Magazine
Res Ipsa Kids is a non-profit, 501 (c) (3) corporation designed to help needy children in the local area. I recruit other law firms to become regular donors. So, I begin my first tentative steps, but hope to report soon about great progress in this non-profit endeavor to help those less fortunate than myself.
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