Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Fox

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided June 14, 2001No. 1999-SC-1109-DGPublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a decision of the Court of Appeals which affirmed an order by the circuit court suppressing the admission of evidence at a criminal trial.

The questions presented are whether the trial court and the Court of Appeals were correct in suppressing the evidence seized from the truck; whether the statutes prohibit police from stopping a vehicle on the basis of an observation of an unrestrained child; whether the officers had reasonable suspicion to stop the vehicle; whether the police were entitled to search the truck without a warrant and whether Peters…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Whren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  2. Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Florida v. JimenoSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Freeman v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1968
  5. Haven Point Enterprises, Inc. v. United Kentucky Bank, Inc.Kentucky Supreme Court · 1985

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ChaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  2. Payton v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2010
  3. Lindsey v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2009
  4. Commonwealth v. ChaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  5. State v. PraterOhio Court of Appeals · 2024

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