9 results for 'judge:"Easton"'.
[Consolidated.] J. Easton finds that a grand jury subpoena seeking employment records from an anonymous company was properly quashed after the commonwealth asserted that state funds paid to the two employees in question may have been related to illegal actions connected with their work, as the state office of the attorney general lacked authority to conduct the criminal investigation in which the subpoena had been sought.
Court: Kentucky Court Of Appeals, Judge: Easton, Filed On: August 9, 2024, Case #: 2023-CA-1103-MR, Categories: Evidence
J. Easton finds that the lower court properly held that collateral estoppel barred a car salesman who had been convicted of tax evasion for diverting income to family members from arguing his accountant had been liable because the salesman failed to address his claim that the accountant advised him to illegally avoid taxes before entering his guilty plea. Affirmed.
Court: Kentucky Court Of Appeals, Judge: Easton, Filed On: June 21, 2024, Case #: 2023-CA-0511-MR, Categories: Criminal Procedure, Tax, Negligence
J. Easton finds that results of a horizontal gaze nystagmus sobriety test were improperly excluded from defendant's DUI trial because expert testimony did not have to be introduced to establish the scientific validity of the test in order to corroborate testimony provided by the arresting officer, as defendant smelled of alcohol and failed other field sobriety tests prior to arrest. Affirmed.
Court: Kentucky Court Of Appeals, Judge: Easton, Filed On: June 14, 2024, Case #: 2023-CA-1445-ME, Categories: Evidence, Dui, Experts
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J. Easton finds that the lower court improperly ruled for a police chief and the city legal advisor in defamation claims brought after a political candidate publicly accused them of racism and sexism because the candidate's statements constituted opinion. Reversed in part.
Court: Kentucky Court Of Appeals, Judge: Easton, Filed On: February 9, 2024, Case #: 2022-CA-1283-MR, Categories: Defamation
[Consolidated.] J. Easton finds that a business owner was improperly awarded attorney fees after the partnership in which he purchased and resold properties had soured because the contract did not expressly provide attorney fees, and the record was insufficient to consider the claim. Reversed.
Court: Kentucky Court Of Appeals, Judge: Easton, Filed On: December 8, 2023, Case #: 2022-CA-1261-MR, Categories: Attorney Fees, Contract
J. Easton finds that defendant was properly convicted of trafficking in methamphetamine and heroin because an officer had legitimate cause to stop defendant for walking down the middle of the street in violation of city ordinance, which occurred near a known drug house. Affirmed.
Court: Kentucky Court Of Appeals, Judge: Easton, Filed On: December 1, 2023, Case #: 2023-CA-0113-MR, Categories: Drug Offender, Search