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KRE 410A: Arrest or search warrant authorizing entry without notice
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- KENTUCKY RULES OF EVIDENCE ----- Legislative Research Commission Note (7/1/92). Although denominated "rules," the elements of the Kentucky Rules of Evidence were enacted as statutes by the Kentucky General Assembly. See 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 88; 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 324. Originally codified as KRS Chapter 422A in 1990, the Kentucky Rules of Evidence were renumbered by the Reviser of Statutes, effective July 1, 1992, pursuant to 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 324, sec. 34. By an order dated May 12, 1992, the Kentucky Supreme Court "adopt[ed] so much of the Kentucky Rules of Evidence as enacted by HB 241 [1992 Ky. Acts ch. 324] as comes within the rule making power of the Court, pursuant to Ky. Const. sec. 116."
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of this rule, the following evidence is not admissible in any civil or criminal proceeding:
(1) Evidence gathered by use of an arrest warrant or search warrant authorizing entry without notice that did not comply with applicable statutes; or
(2) Evidence gathered by use of an arrest warrant or search warrant authorizing entry without notice that was obtained through perjury or material false statement.
(b) Evidence excluded in subdivision (a) of this rule is admissible if otherwise admissible under these rules, and:
(1) In a civil case, offered by the plaintiff in an action for damages arising from the warrant; or
(2) In a criminal proceeding for perjury or material false statement in the application for the warrant, offered against the defendant.
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