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Criminal Law: False Imprisonment – Felonious Restraint – Instructions
Even though a defendant was charged with false imprisonment and the trial court instructed the jury on the offense of felonious restraint, the conviction is affirmed because the jury necessarily found all of the elements of
Updated: 03/03/2011 04:17P
Criminal Law: Aggravated Stalking – Credible Threat – Sufficiency Of Evidence
(1) Where a defendant convicted of aggravated stalking claimed that the statute was unconstitutionally vague, the word “communicate” as used in the statute conveyed with sufficient definiteness the prohibited conduct,
Updated: 03/03/2011 04:10P
Criminal Law: Traffic Stop – Intervening Circumstance – Instructions
(1) Even though a traffic stop was unjustified, an outstanding arrest warrant for the defendant was an intervening circumstance and there was nothing to suggest that the officer's misconduct was purposeful or flagrant,
Updated: 03/03/2011 04:01P
Criminal Law: Felon Weapon Possession – Sufficiency Of Evidence – Withholding
(1) Where an officer testified that he saw a defendant place something near a garbage can, the evidence was not too speculative to support an inference that the defendant possessed the gun that was found inside a glove near the
Updated: 03/03/2011 04:01P
Criminal Law: Identification Evidence – Photographic Lineup – Due Process
Even though photographs in a lineup had slightly different background colors, the defendant did not show that the lineup was impermissibly suggestive so as to violate his due process rights, and a jury verdict against the
Updated: 03/03/2011 04:00P
Criminal Law: Drug Conspiracy – Severance – Exculpatory Evidence
(1) Where a defendant, who was convicted of drug charges in a crack cocaine conspiracy, argued for severance of his trial, the defendant did not show that he was prejudiced by the district court's denial of his motion because
Updated: 03/03/2011 03:51P
Pew Applauds Kentucky Leaders for Comprehensive Public Safety Reforms
WASHINGTON, March 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The broad series of reforms Governor Steve Beshear signed into law today puts Kentucky at the forefront of states advancing research-driven, criminal justice policies designed to protect public
Updated: 03/03/2011 02:51P
Hatcher confident Supreme Court ruling won't affect funeral bill
Hatcher's bill, which was approved by the House Criminal Law Committee last week, would expand a 2006 state law regulating funeral protests by prohibiting any demonstrations an hour before a funeral or during or after the ceremony.
Updated: 03/03/2011 02:49P
Victory: After UN Watch protest, UN rights council pulls resolution praising
It noted that the country had made some progress in the area of education, as well as social and economic progress since the lifting of economic sanctions. Qatar praised the legal framework for the protection of human rights and freedoms, including,
Updated: 03/03/2011 02:35P
Beshear Signs Corrections Reform Bill Into Law
"In early 2008, I directed Justice & Public Safety Secretary J. Michael Brown to convene the Criminal Justice Council and report back on recommendations for curbing the rising prison population. That report, and the work of subsequent work groups,
Updated: 03/03/2011 02:34P
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