Commonwealth v. Johnson, 2014 Ky. LEXIS 87 (Ky. Feb. 20, 2014)

Two Kentucky appellate court decisions limited the attorney general’s jurisdiction to investigate drug trafficking in a county without a request from the local prosecutor.  The Kentucky supreme court overturned those decisions. Two defendants challenged the AG’s jurisdiction to challenge drug trafficking in a county where the local prosecutor had not requested the AG’s help.  Kentucky’s statutes…

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Comm. ex rel. Conway v. Thompson, 2009 Ky. LEXIS 290 (Ky. 2009)

The Kentucky Attorney General sought to enjoin the Department of Corrections decision to release a number of parolees early (because of a new state statute). The Kentucky Supreme Court overruled its earlier decision, holding “we have no doubt that the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky has standing to seek injunctive relief on behalf…

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