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BASHAM v. COM.

675 S.W.2d 376 (1984)

Shirley BASHAM, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee. Alice BASHAM and Shannon Basham, Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee. Lester SCOTT, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied October 4, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Currie Milliken, Milliken & Milliken, Bowling Green, W. Earl Dean, Dean & Dean, Harrodsburg, for appellants, Shirley Basham, Alice Basham and Shannon Basham.

Steven L. Beshear, Atty. Gen., Robert W. Hensley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.

Frank E. Haddad, Jr., Louisville, John Tim McCall, Vicki L. Layman, Louisville, for amicus curiae.

Robert D. Simmons, Bowling Green, for appellant, Lester Scott.

LEIBSON, Justice.

In this case Kentucky State Police and prosecutors have utilized information obtained by federal authorities pursuant to a federal wiretap order both to obtain a search warrant and as trial evidence in state court. The sole issue is whether information thus obtained could be so utilized in light of a state statute prohibiting wiretaps.

Shirley Basham, his wife Alice Basham, his son Shannon Basham, and Lester Scott, have each appealed from...

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