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A recent Kentucky Supreme Court ruling barring certain evidence in DUI cases has drawn sharp criticism from prosecutors, with Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron recently filing a petition for a rehearing to reverse the decision.
The April 29 ruling, stemming from an appeal of a DUI conviction in 2014, bars prosecutors from introducing to the jury a defendant s refusal to submit to a blood test without a warrant.
The high court decision was cited this week in a successful motion to suppress such a refusal by state Rep. Derek Lewis, R-London, who was acquitted Wednesday by a Laurel County jury of his driving-under-the-influence charge.