Maupin v. Commonwealth

OPINION OF THE COURT BY CHIEF JUSTICE MINTON

Section 115 of the Kentucky Constitution bars the Commonwealth from appealing a judgment of acquittal in a criminal case. This case is an appeal by the Commonwealth of Michael Donnell Maupin's judgment of acquittal on the charge of violating KRS 17.510 for failing to register a change of address with the Sex Offender Registry. The Commonwealth argues that this appeal was not barred by Section 115 because Maupin's judgment of acquittal was based on the trial court's issuance of a judgment of acquittal and not the jury's verdict.1 A divided panel of…