Pace v. Commonwealth

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

JUSTICE CUNNINGHAM

In this appeal, Joseph Pace and Brandon Collins (the “Appellants”) challenge the Court of Appeals’ affirmance of the Fayette Circuit Court’s denial of their separate motions to suppress evidence.

On the evening of April-18, 2013, Sergeant Bryan Jared, of the Lexington Police Department, was surveying an apartment building located on Augusta Drive in Lexington, Kentucky. Appellants’ apartment was located within the Augusta Drive apartment building. Sergeant Bryan was monitoi’ing the area due to a threat of retaliatory violence following a murder at a…