Basham v. Commonwealth

LEIBSON, Justice.

In this case Kentucky State Police and prosecutors have utilized information obtained by federal authorities pursuant to a federal wiretap order both to obtain a search warrant and as trial evidence in state court. The sole issue is whether information thus obtained could be so utilized in light of a state statute prohibiting wiretaps.

Shirley Basham, his wife Alice Basham, his son Shannon Basham, and Lester Scott, have each appealed from judgments of conviction for offenses occurring in Warren County and tried on change of venue in Boyle County, involving multiple charges of…