Kentucky

Michigan Court rules Police can?t force alcohol test without warrant

Posted on October 09, 2009
Jennifer Chambers / The Detroit News Troy — Emran Chowdhury was leaving a house party on foot one night last year when he found himself face to face with a Troy police officer. Investigating allegations of underage drinking, the officer asked Chowdhury some questions and then, according to court records, gave the 18-year-old an ultimatum: Take a [...

U.S. Supreme Court Cases to be Heard During October Term which starts Oct. 5th.

Posted on September 28, 2009
Major cases and pending appeals that justices will consider in the new term, which starts Oct. 5. RELIGION Can the government erect a cross in a national park? The American Civil Liberties Union sued over the long-standing cross in California’s Mojave National Preserve and won a ruling that the display of a Christian symbol on public land [...

House Speaker Greg Stumbo files ?Amanda?s Bill? in effort to reduce domestic violence

Posted on September 24, 2009
  Frankfort ? House Speaker Greg Stumbo pre-filed legislation Thursday Sept. 24th.  that he said would give domestic-violence victims ?a fighting chance? if an offender violated a court order to stay away.             The proposed legislation is named in honor of Amanda Ross, whose Sept...

Scott Co. Family Court Judge Tamra Gormley faces multiple complaints before JCC

Posted on September 23, 2009
Based on an article by Shawntaye Hopkins of the Herald Lerader- GEORGETOWN ? The state’s Judicial Conduct Commission has charged a family court judge with misconduct in relation to three incidents in Scott and Woodford counties. Family Court Judge Tamra Gormley, who was appointed in 2007 to a district that covers Scott, Woodford and Bourbon counties, is [...

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AOC changed personnel policy re: seniority four days before layoffs

Posted on September 22, 2009
AOC and state court officials changed policies regarding layoffs so those with the most seniority no longer were protected. Some employees who were laid off Sept. 15 had more than 20 years’ experience in the courts or state government. Leigh Anne Hiatt, a spokeswoman for the court system, said the Administrative Office of the Courts and state [...

Kentucky DUI fatalities Decrease by 59% Since 1982 ? Kentucky DUI Statistics Include Non-drivers and Do Not Indicate if the Fatality was Caused by a Drunk Driver. ? Kentucky leads the nation in ATV accident deaths.

Posted on September 22, 2009
By LawReader Senior Editor Stan Billingsley    Sept. 22, 2009 Statistics released by the US Dept. of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration  shown a marked decline in DUI related deaths since 1982 both nationally and in Kentucky...

Kentucky lawyer, Bill Robinson of Frost, Brown & Todd in Florence, is unopposed for Presidency of the American Bar Association

Posted on September 20, 2009
 William ?Bill? Robinson III, one of the hardest working lawyers you will ever meet, has for years held two full time jobs, one as a practicing lawyer and another as a community leader.   Robinson a member of the famous UK College of Law Class of 1971, is running unopposed for the office of President-Elect, and this [...

CASTING DIRECTOR LOOKING FOR CLEAN CUT ADULT MALE PROFESSIONALS AS EXTRAS FOR KENTUCKY MOVIE ?SECRETARIAT?

Posted on September 20, 2009
 The casting director of Fast Track Productions is looking for specialized extras for the movie ?Secretariat? which will be shot in Kentucky soon.  If you are interested send your application to e-mail :  secretariatcasting@gmail.com  Include your height, weight, clothing and shoe size...

The Washington state Supreme Court threw out a 2006 law that requires an injured patient to get a certificate of merit from an expert before suing for medical malpractice.

Posted on September 18, 2009
OLYMPIA, Wash. ? Sept 17, 2009  The state Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously threw out a 2006 law that requires an injured patient to get a certificate of merit from an expert before suing for medical malpractice. The high court ruled that the law violates the separation of state powers, saying that allowing the Legislature to set [...

Indiana Court of Appeals Strikes Down Voter ID Law

Posted on September 17, 2009
  September 17, 2009  An Indiana appellate court on Thursday struck down a state law requiring voters to show identification ? a law that the United States Supreme Court declared constitutional just last year.  The court said the law violated the Indiana constitution by not treating all voters impartially...

Governor Beshear appoints Administrative Law Judges

Posted on September 16, 2009
  FRANKFORT, Ky. ? Gov. Steve Beshear has appointed the following Administrative Law Judges in the Department of Workers Claims to serve for terms expiring Dec. 31, 2013.  The appointments are effective Jan. 1, 2010. Robert L. Swisher, of Lexington, is an attorney with Jones Diestz & Swisher, PLLC...

Former Justice Sandra Day O?Connor: Flawed education leaving Americans ignorant of government

Posted on September 16, 2009
  SEATTLEPI.COM Public schools in America have largely abandoned teaching civics and history, leaving a public largely ignorant of government and young people “disengaged from our civic life,” according to retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor...

Federal Jury In Louisville Awards $101 Million dollar verdict for unfair business competition

Posted on September 15, 2009
 U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II presided over a jury trial in Louisville this week which resulted in a jury verdict of $101,000,000 in favor of the Ventas corporation.  Ventas alledged that California based HCP, Inc. interfered in a business deal and mislead the shareholders of Sunrise Senior Living Real Estate Trust which was [...

AOC Director Cuts 47 Employees

Posted on September 15, 2009
Laurie K. Dudgeon, executive director of the Administrative Office of the Courts on Tuesday announced a cut of 47 jobs from the MillCreek office campus in Frankfort. The Judicial Branch is facing a deficit of about $35 million. The state?s judicial branch also made...

The Kentucky Attorney Generals Office refuses court order to release exculpatory evidence. Fayette Circuit Judge dismisses criminal charges. ?Attorney General fails to obtain indictment from Russell County Grand Jury, so he resubmits the case to a Franklin County Grand Jury

Posted on September 14, 2009
 Because the Prosecution refused to comply in order to allow Leon Grider a fair trial to start on September 21, 2009 by turning over the documents;  Judge Payne of Lexington dismissed the charges against Leon Grider. Franklin Circuit Court Judge Phillip Shepherd, assigned to Eric Griders case ordered the Attorney Generals office to turn over those over 100 [...

ATTORNEYS CAN BE SANCTIONED FOR CRITIZING A SITTING JUDGE ? KENTUCKY HAS LONG ZIPPED LAWYERS LIPS?.

Posted on September 12, 2009
September 12, 2009  New York Times Sean Conway was steamed at a Fort Lauderdale judge, so he did what millions of angry people do these days: he blogged about her, saying she was an ?Evil, Unfair Witch.? But Mr. Conway is a lawyer. And unlike millions of other online hotheads, he found himself hauled up before the [...

Ex-Governor?s son, Steve Nunn, Suspect in Death of His Girlfriend

Posted on September 11, 2009
Ex-State Representative Steve Nunn of Glasgow was charged Friday with several counts of Wanton Endangerment in Hart County.  Nunn who is a suspect in the shooting death of a former girlfriend was located seated behind a tombstone in the cemetery where his mother and father (former Gov...

Problems with Intoxilyzer 5000 Breath Test Results

Posted on September 10, 2009
  LawReader thanks Lexington attorney Steve Isaccs for reference to the following articles which  show some issues being raised about the accuracy of the BA machine.    The Ky. Supreme Court recently denied access to the source code on the Intoxilyzer 5000 (House v...

Gov. Beshear Signs Law to Exempt Military Pay from State Tax

Posted on September 09, 2009
  FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. ? In an effort to boost the number of servicemen and women who call Kentucky home, state lawmakers have enacted legislation that exempts military pay from the Commonwealth?s income tax. Beginning Jan. 1, 2011, all active duty military pay will be exempt from individual income tax, creating an estimated savings of $18 million [...

MISSOURI MAY DITCH NONPARTISAN SELECTION OF JUDGES AND GO TO APPOINTMENT BY GOVERNOR W/APPROVAL BY SENATE

Posted on September 08, 2009
Sept. 8, 2009 Constitutional Petition Set for Vote Secretary of State Robin Carnahan announced today that a new initiative petition met state standards for circulation that would change the state Constitution to repeal the nonpartisan court plan. The ballot title for the petition relating to the repeal of the nonpartisan court plan reads: “Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to [...

Claim of Prosecutor?s Civil Immunity Denied Nation?s Chief Prosecutor by U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ?

Posted on September 05, 2009
 Sept. 4, 2009 AL-KIDD V. ASHCROFT – 06-36059  9th. Circuit Court of Appeals, Sept. 4, 2009  To read full text of this opinion go to:  http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/opinions/  A federal appeals court said in a scathing opinion Friday, that former Atty...

Atheist Attorney Kagin Accuses Attorney General Conway of Wasting Taxpayers Money.

Posted on September 05, 2009
 Edwin Kagin, a Northern Kentucky attorney represents plaintiffs who challenged language added by the legislature to a Homeland Security bill which declared that the Homeland Security was dependent on ?Almighty God? for the safety of Kentuckians.  Franklin County Judge Thomas Wingate on August 26, 2009, ruled that the inclusion of that language was unconstitutional as [...

Gov. Beshear names three to judgeships in Jefferson County.

Posted on September 05, 2009
 Brian Edwards was appointed to the Jefferson Circuit Court.    Former District Judge David Holton who was previously defeated for re-election by Judge Katie King was reappointed by Gov. Beshear to a District Court seat.  Jennifer Bryant Wilcox, an Assistant Commonwealth Attorney was also posted to a District Court seat...

Indiana Police Apply Forced Catheterization In DUI Case To Obtain Urine Sample?

Posted on September 04, 2009
LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. — An Indiana man has filed a lawsuit claiming that police forcibly withdrew blood and urine from his body during a drunken driving arrest, WLWT-TV reported.  The suit names the Lawrenceburg police department and Dearborn County Hospital, in addition to Miller and Dr...

Calif. Opposes Federal Court Jurisdiction to Order Immediately Reduce Prison Population ? Cites 1996 Prison Litigation Reform Act,

Posted on September 03, 2009
The Schwarzenegger administration on Tuesday asked the federal courts to delay an order requiring California to reduce its inmate population over the next two years. Last month, a special three-judge panel gave California 45 days to decide how it will cut the number of inmates in its 33 adult prisons by more than 40,000, bringing the [...

Federal Judge Refuses To Handle Criminal Cases- growing concern among judges over the federalization of street crime.

Posted on September 03, 2009
September 2, 2009 from WUWM A federal judge in Milwaukee has taken the unusual step of refusing to accept new criminal cases and recusing himself from existing ones, in a move observers say is about politics, impropriety and, possibly, hurt feelings. Federal Court Clerk Jon Sanfilippo says the way he sees it, the reason Judge J...

Boone Gallatin Judicial Nom. Committee Names Three

Posted on September 01, 2009
FRANKFORT, Ky. – The Judicial Nominating Commission, led by Chief Justice of Kentucky John D. Minton Jr., today announced nominees to fill the vacant District Court judgeship in the 54th Judicial District, Division 1, which serves Boone and Gallatin counties...

N.C. Supreme Court Reverses Felony Firearms Act ? Rules that 2nd. Amendment Permits Convicted Felons to Possess Gun

Posted on September 01, 2009
 By KIM LAMBERT  For The Record  According to a ruling Friday, the N.C. Supreme Court has deemed a 2004 law barring convicted felons from possessing a firearm ? even in their homes ? unconstitutional. The state?s highest court ruled that the General Assembly went beyond its scope of duties in 2004 when it toughened restrictions on a [...

Alaska Supreme Court Allows Science Evidence in DUI Cases

Posted on September 01, 2009
9/1/2009 Alaska Supreme Court overturns law designed to stop presentation of medical evidence regarding alcohol absorption in DUI cases. The Supreme Court of Alaska on Friday upheld the right of defendants to present scientific evidence at trial in cases involving driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI)...

ERIC DETERS COMMENTS ON HIS CHARITY CAGE BRAWL

Posted on August 31, 2009
ERIC DETERS COMMENTS ON HIS CHARITY CAGE BRAWL VIEWE VIDEO ON YOUTUBE AT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aCN37Vh2Q0 Note:  Eric’s charity was Rich Franklins disabled vets charity. Eric earned $1000 for the charity. Blog – Monday, August 31, 2009 Quote Of The Day:    ?In the actions of all men one judges by the result...

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