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GOVERNMENT IMMUNITY – Gov’t vs. proprietar function re housing provided to mainentance person working for school board: Breathitt County Board of Education v. Dot Prater (SC 8/27/2009)

Posted by Michael Stevens | Oct 11, 2009 | Civil Procedure, Defenses, Government, SCOKY Decisions |

Breathitt County Board of Education v. Dot Prater 2008-SC-000041-DG August 27, 2009Opinion by Justice Abramson; all sitting. As part of her compensation for providing security and maintenance services at an elementary school,...

FAMILY LAW – Grandparents, custody, jurisdiction between states: George Mauldin; and Joyce Mauldin v. Rebecca Bearden (SC 8/27/2009)

Posted by Michael Stevens | Oct 11, 2009 | Family Law, Divorce, Juveniles, Jurisdiction, SCOKY Decisions |

George Mauldin; and Joyce Mauldin v. Rebecca Bearden 2008-SC-000557-DGE August 27, 2009 Opinion by Justice Noble; all sitting. In 2005, the Jefferson Family Court awarded paternal grandparents temporary, and later permanent,...

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Search & seizure – Implied consent, blood testing, unconscious defendant: Melissa Helton v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (SC 8/27/2009)

Posted by Michael Stevens | Oct 11, 2009 | Criminal Law, SCOKY Decisions |

Melissa Helton v. Commonwealth of Kentucky 2008-SC-000141-MR August 27, 2009 Opinion by Justice Noble; all sitting. Helton entered a conditional guilty plea to wanton murder and DUI charges that stemmed from a car accident where...

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – Drug detection dog, automobile stop: Jimmy L. Epps v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (SC 8/27/2009)

Posted by Michael Stevens | Oct 11, 2009 | Criminal Law, SCOKY Decisions |

Jimmy L. Epps v. Commonwealth of Kentucky 2007-SC-000312-DG August 27, 2009 Opinion by Justice Noble. All sitting; all concur. A motorist was stopped by police for a traffic offense. Police called for a narcotic detection dog....

CRIMINAL LAW – “blind pleas”; right to withdraw prior guilty plea: Frankie Covington v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (SC 8/27/2009)

Posted by Michael Stevens | Oct 11, 2009 | Criminal Law, SCOKY Decisions |

Frankie Covington v. Commonwealth of Kentucky 2007-SC-000773-MR August 27, 2009 Opinion by Justice Venters; all sitting. On the day of trial, Covington’s counsel was advised by the prosecutor that he would recommend a 20 year 5...

Author: Michael Stevens

GOVERNMENT IMMUNITY – Gov’t vs. proprietar function re housing provided to mainentance person working for school board: Breathitt County Board of Education v. Dot Prater (SC 8/27/2009)

FAMILY LAW – Grandparents, custody, jurisdiction between states: George Mauldin; and Joyce Mauldin v. Rebecca Bearden (SC 8/27/2009)

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Search & seizure – Implied consent, blood testing, unconscious defendant: Melissa Helton v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (SC 8/27/2009)

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – Drug detection dog, automobile stop: Jimmy L. Epps v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (SC 8/27/2009)

CRIMINAL LAW – “blind pleas”; right to withdraw prior guilty plea: Frankie Covington v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (SC 8/27/2009)

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