State v. Cauley

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

In this double murder case the Defendant, James Kelly Cauley, has appealed from the Court of Criminal Appeals’ affirmance of his conviction on two counts of first-degree murder. We granted the Defendant’s application for permission to appeal in order to review the validity of a search warrant issued and executed in Kentucky pursuant to an investigation into the murders being conducted by Tennessee law enforcement officials. As explained below, we hold that Tennessee law, not Kentucky law, controls the present controversy. We further find that, in cases such as this…