Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Angus

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided December 12, 2014No. 2012-CA-001836-DGPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

LAMBERT, JUDGE:

This Court granted the Commonwealth’s motion for discretionary review to consider the Jefferson Circuit Court’s opinion affirming the Jefferson District Court’s dismissal of an aggravated drunk driving prosecution. In this appeal, the Commonwealth contends that the circuit court improperly upheld the suppression of all of the Commonwealth’s evidence due to a violation of the defendant’s Miranda1 rights and improperly concluded that double jeopardy prevented the Commonwealth from appealing that ruling. Finding no error, we affirm.

On June 1, 2010, Lyric Angus was arrested…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. United States v. ScottSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Serfass v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Crist v. BretzSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. Commonwealth v. BenhamKentucky Supreme Court · 1991

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Ferris Whitaker v. Commonwealth of KentuckyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2021

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