King v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice SCHRODER.

This case is before this Court on remand from the United States Supreme Court, Kentucky v. King, — U.S. -, 131 S.Ct. 1849, 179 L.Ed.2d 865 (2011), rev’g King v. Commonwealth, 302 S.W.3d 649 (Ky.2010), to determine whether exigent circumstances existed when police made a war-rantless entry into an apartment occupied by Appellant Hollis King. We conclude that the Commonwealth has failed to show circumstances establishing the imminent destruction of evidence. We therefore reverse the original ruling of the circuit court and remand.

The facts of this case…