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COM. v. COOPER

Nos. 93-SC-618-DG, 93-SC-1021-DG.

899 S.W.2d 75 (1995)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Robert Edward COOPER, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied June 8, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chris Gorman, Atty. Gen., Frankfort, C. Lloyd Vest, II, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Louisville, for Commonwealth.

Harry B. O'Donnell, IV, Thomas E. Schwietz, Louisville, for Cooper.

LAMBERT, Justice.

The question before the Court is whether Section Eleven of the Constitution of Kentucky or a viable doctrine of the common law requires suppression of a confession coerced or improperly obtained by private parties. Prevailing decisional law answers firmly in the negative (Peek v. Commonwealth, Ky., 415 S.W.2d 854 (1967)), and is in accord with controlling precedent interpreting the Constitution of the United...

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