Department of Public Advocacy

This blog provides stories from the Advocate and other publications of Kentucky's Department of Public Advocacy. The DPA is a state-wide public defender agency.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Advancing Justice in Kentucky

Advancing Justice in Kentucky By Gordon Rahn, Kentucky Innocence Project (footnotes have been removed for podcast) There is an old adage tha...

Why Kentucky has gone to the dogs

Why Kentucky has gone to the dogs --a closer look at Kumho Tire and “experience-based” experts By Susan Jackson Balliet (footnotes have been...

Kentucky Case Review

Kentucky Case Review By Roy A. Durham, Appeals Branch Commonwealth v. Anthony Wayne Swift Rendered 11/01/07 237 S.W.3d 193 Affirming Opinion...

Sixth Circuit Case Review

By David Harshaw, Post-Conviction Branch There are four cases reviewed. First, the en banc Sixth Circuit reverses the 2-1 decision of a pan...

PLAIN VIEW . . .

By Ernie Lewis, Public Advocate Morgan v. Commonwealth (Ky. 2008) This is a case about anonymous tips. Hart County Sheriff Jeff Staples was...

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