by Eric Ray | Aug 5, 2019 | Legal Qualifications, Kentucky Criminal Law
I must admit up front, I’ve never watched an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. So I am only picking on this show because everyone seems to talk about it. CSI and other shows like it are full of amazing crime scene investigators who always find some forensic...
by Eric Ray | Jun 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
As a Kentucky criminal defense attorney based in Lexington, I’ve learned that the general public typically favors high bail unless it applies to them or to a loved one. When it’s personal, they don’t want to be stuck – or have a loved one stuck – in jail...
by Eric Ray | Apr 18, 2019 | Expungement, Kentucky Criminal Law
Giving someone a second chance when they have made a mistake is called forgive and forget in our society. In our legal system, it is called expungement. Expungement is a legal procedure by which any records of a specific charge against an individual are sealed. For...
by Eric Ray | Apr 2, 2019 | Kentucky Criminal Law
“Your neighbor is going to say that she saw you shoot him.” “Well, that is just hearsay!” “No, that is eye witness testimony.” First, we should get the formal definition out of the way. Hearsay is defined as “a statement, other than one made by the declarant...
by Eric Ray | Mar 22, 2019 | DUI, Kentucky Criminal Law, Kentucky Driving Laws
On December 30 , 2018, Utah became the strictest state in the country on blood alcohol content. The state legislature reduced the legal limit from 0.08 to 0.05. This is something that everyone should take notice of because Utah was also the first state to lower its...
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