by Eric Ray | Jan 14, 2020 | Kentucky Criminal Law
The police did not read me my rights, so they have to dismiss my case – right? Actually, there is no requirement that the police read you your rights when they arrest you. Yes, you read that correctly. When a police officer forgets or chooses not to read you...
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 | 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...
by Eric Ray | Jan 28, 2019 | Drugs, DUI, Kentucky Criminal Law, Kentucky Driving Laws, Kentucky Drug Laws
Kentucky’s DUI statute states that “aggravating circumstances are any one (1) of the following: (e) Refusing to submit to any test or tests of one’s blood, breath, or urine requested by an officer having reasonable grounds to believe the person was operating or in...
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