Democratic Party of Kentucky v. Graham

COOPER, Justice.

We are called upon in this action to determine not whether the petitioners will be or should be indicted by a special grand jury empaneled by the Franklin Circuit Court, but only the narrow legal issue of whether a grand jury can return an indictment for a violation of a campaign finance law, KRS Chapter 121, absent a preliminary finding of probable cause by the Registry of Election Finance (Registry). Respondent William L. Graham, regular judge of the Franklin Circuit Court, has determined that the special grand jury can do just that. In these consolidated actions, the…