Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. United States Attorneys for the Eastern & Western Districts of Kentucky v. Kentucky Bar Ass'n
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided August 21, 2014No. 2013-SC-000270-KBPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Chief Justice MINTON.
“[Ojurs is for the most part a system of pleas, not a system of trials[J”1 Plea *140bargaining is “not some adjunct to the criminal justice system; it is the criminal justice system.”2 The pervasiveness of plea bargain agreements in the Courts of the Commonwealth cannot be overstated. Today, we deal with the ethical ramifications of one aspect of this “horse trading between prosecutor and defense counsel[.]”3
The United States Attorneys for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky (United States) have moved this Court to review the merits of…
2Cases cited53 opinions
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- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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- Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by16 opinions
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