RAP 21 Stays Require Particularized, Immediate Irreparable Harm: No Automatic Stay of Merits Pending Class-Certification Appeals Case: Toby Berry, on Behalf of Himself and a Certified Class v....
Minor v. Commonwealth: Clarifying Kentucky’s Domestic-Violence Parole Exemption and the “In-Custody Video” Prejudice Test Introduction In Devin J. Minor v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, the Supreme Court...
The “Paintsville Standard”: Qualified Official Immunity Bars Vicarious-Liability and Special-Relationship Claims Against Kentucky Public Entities Introduction City of Paintsville v. Haney,...
Affirmation of Trial Courts’ Discretion to Amend Penalty-Phase Instructions Mid-Deliberation: Commentary on Bobby Anderson v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. 2025) Introduction The Supreme Court of...
Blaker v. Kroger – Reaffirming the Independence of Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Adjudications from Social-Security Disability Findings Introduction In Robert Blaker, Jr. v. The Kroger Company, the...
Affirmative Approval Equals Waiver: Kentucky Supreme Court Re-affirms that Explicit Agreement to Jury Instructions Waives Double-Jeopardy and Jury-Unanimity Claims Introduction Michael Dodson, the...
Restitution and Candor as Absolute Conditions for Bar Reinstatement – Supreme Court of Kentucky Defines the Outer Limits in In Re: Travis Olen Myles, Jr. 1. Introduction The Supreme Court of...
No Advantage Through Threats: Kentucky Supreme Court Re-Affirms that Subjective Belief Cannot Excuse Violations of SCR 3.130(3.4)(f) and 8.2(a) 1. Introduction The Supreme Court of Kentucky’s opinion...
“When the Defendant Tells His Own Story” – Kentucky Clarifies the Scope of the “Inextricably Intertwined” Exception to KRE 404(b) Introduction In Damon R. Cruse v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Supreme...
Granting Expert Funding Yet Denying a Continuance: The New Prohibition in Simpson v. Commonwealth of Kentucky Introduction In Ronald Simpson v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Supreme Court of Kentucky,...
“Disposal-Likelihood” & Fair-Market Valuation: Ooten v. Commonwealth Clarifies Kentucky’s Directed-Verdict Thresholds in Theft and Criminal Mischief Cases 1. Introduction In Jesse Ooten v....
Cuthbertson v. Commonwealth: Clarifying “Forcible Compulsion” and the Limits of Reading Surplusage in Indictments Introduction This commentary examines the Kentucky Supreme Court’s unpublished...
“Physically Impossible Threats” and the Objective Prong of Protection-of-Another – A Commentary on Jones v. Commonwealth (Ky. 2025) 1. Introduction In Dazzamon R. Jones v. Commonwealth of Kentucky,...
“Agreed-Order Waiver” and the Boundaries of KRE 404(b): A Commentary on Robert Geary v. Commonwealth of Kentucky 1. Introduction In Robert Geary v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, the Supreme Court of...
Textual Primacy & the Narrow Reach of the Scrivener’s-Error Doctrine: Commentary on Professional Home Health Care v. Commonwealth of Kentucky Cabinet for Health & Family Services, Supreme Court of...
Qualified Official Immunity Over Special-Relationship Duties: The Kentucky Supreme Court’s Comprehensive Immunity Road-Map in Haney v. City of Paintsville (2025) 1. Introduction On 14 August 2025 the...
The “Ross–Haydon Distinction” Reaffirmed: Kentucky’s High Court Limits Sovereign Immunity to State Funds But Allows Restitution of Money Never Actually Owed 1. Introduction On 14 August 2025 the...
“Equal Authority over Pedestrian and Motorist Stops” A Comprehensive Commentary on Jon Buechele v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Supreme Court of Kentucky, 2025) 1. Introduction In Jon Buechele v....
Commonwealth v. Brown: Kentucky Supreme Court Clarifies Admissibility of Third-Party Database Records under KRE 803(17) 1. Introduction Isaiah Brown’s appeal required the Supreme Court of Kentucky to...
When Love, Not Marriage, Makes a Parent: Kentucky Recognises Joint De-Facto Custodianship for Unmarried Cohabitants and Resets the Clock on Intervention 1. Introduction In David Lemaster v. Kendra...