Commonwealth v. Brandenburg

Opinion of the Court by

Justice STUMBO.

Elizabeth Brandenburg was indicted for one count of trafficking in a controlled substance, one count of possession of drug paraphernalia, and one count of possession of marijuana in the Lee Circuit Court. She entered a conditional guilty plea to the charges after the trial court refused her motion to suppress the evidence recovered during the search of her home pursuant to a search warrant issued by the Lee District Court trial commissioner, Margie Shuler. Brandenburg argued at the suppression hearing that the trial commissioner was not a neutral and…