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FRANKFORT, Ky. Eight months after its promised creation, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron s Search Warrant Task Force convened for its first meeting Monday, laying the groundwork for the next seven months of work.
Cameron said the group will focus on the processes of securing, reviewing and serving warrants and aims to make recommendations for changes by the end of the year.
The task force was spurred into creation by the heavy scrutiny surrounding the search warrant Louisville Metro Police secured for Breonna Taylor s apartment the night officers fatally shot the 26-year-old Black woman.
Taylor was not mentioned by name during the meeting, which lasted for more than an hour.
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A recent Kentucky Supreme Court ruling barring certain evidence in DUI cases has drawn sharp criticism from prosecutors, with Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron recently filing a petition for a rehearing to reverse the decision.
The April 29 ruling, stemming from an appeal of a DUI conviction in 2014, bars prosecutors from introducing to the jury a defendant s refusal to submit to a blood test without a warrant.
The high court decision was cited this week in a successful motion to suppress such a refusal by state Rep. Derek Lewis, R-London, who was acquitted Wednesday by a Laurel County jury of his driving-under-the-influence charge.
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One Northern Kentucky prosecutor says a recent state Supreme Court ruling threatens to make it far easier for DUI suspects to avoid charges.
The supreme court’s ruling last month prohibits warrantless blood tests from being used as evidence against DUI suspects in court.
Those in favor of the ruling, like Northern Kentucky defense attorney Wilber Zevely, say warrantless blood tests are intrusive.
“It should’ve been ruled that way years ago,” said Zevely, who specializes in DUI cases.
But Kenton County Commonwealth’s Attorney Rob Sanders said the ruling has thrown a “monkey wrench” into DUI prosecutions.
One Northern Kentucky prosecutor says a recent state Supreme Court ruling threatens to make it far easier for DUI suspects to avoid charges.
The supreme court’s ruling last month prohibits warrantless blood tests from being used as evidence against DUI suspects in court.
Those in favor of the ruling, like Northern Kentucky defense attorney Wilber Zevely, say warrantless blood tests are intrusive.
“It should’ve been ruled that way years ago,” said Zevely, who specializes in DUI cases.
But Kenton County Commonwealth’s Attorney Rob Sanders said the ruling has thrown a “monkey wrench” into DUI prosecutions.
“Probably going to mean dozens, if not hundreds of DUI cases across Kentucky will be dismissed,” Sanders said.