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Oct 24, 2024 · The justices elect the Chief Justice, who serves a four-year term. In recent years, the Kentucky Supreme Court has issued several notable and controversial decisions. For example, a 2012 decision struck down gun bans on university and college campuses as applied to guns that are stored in a vehicle.
Apr 27, 2021 · Here, in the context of conflict-of-law disputes, Kentucky courts have drawn a distinction between Kentucky residents and nonresidents and afforded Kentucky residents greater protection under the law by only invoking the public policy exception on their behalf.
Sep 8, 2021 · The problem with Kentucky’s law regarding incompetence is highlighted in the case of Cane Madden. In August 2019, a Louisville, Kentucky court found Madden incompetent to stand trial for a charge of burglary from May 2019, and he was involuntarily committed to Central State Hospital.
Mar 26, 2020 · Court’s decision finding Kentucky’s death penalty statute unconstitutional as to defendants who were between the ages of eighteen (18) and twenty-one (21) at the time of their offense.
The Kentucky Law Update: Continuing Legal Education for All Kentucky Lawyers The Supreme Court of Kentucky established the Kentucky Law Update Program as an element of the minimum continuing legal education system adopted by Kentucky attorneys in 1984. As of 2022, the KLU program has expanded into a hybrid format. A Live Component is offered at ...
In Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), the Supreme Court held that the Equal Protection Clause forbids a prosecutor from challenging potential jurors solely on account of their race. Id. at 89. Batson has been extended by the Supreme Court to apply to gender, J.E.B. v. Alabama ex rel. T.B., 511 U.S. 127, 129 (1994), and ethnicity, Hernandez v.
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The library's comprehensive Kentucky legal collection allows researchers to trace legislation to its early origins. The library also houses federal materials and a large collection of secondary legal resources, including both Kentucky and general treaties.
