Tagged: Kentucky Supreme Court

The newest justice on Kentucky's Supreme Court will formally be sworn in this week, giving the court a record three women on the bench at one time.

Justice Michelle Keller will take the oath Tuesday in the Capitol. The swearing in will take place at 11 a.m. and is open to the public.

Keller previously served on the state Court of Appeals, and Beshear appointed her to the 6th Supreme Court District in April.

There are seven justices on the Supreme Court. Never in state history have three of them been women.

Supreme Court Justice Michelle M. Keller is scheduled to be formally sworn in at a Capitol ceremony Tuesday morning.

Governor Beshear appointed Keller to the high court in April to fill the unexpired term of Justice Will Schroder who resigned in January due to health issues.

Keller had served as a Kentucky Court of Appeals judge for the past six years. With Keller's appointment, three of Kentucky's seven Supreme Court justices are now women.

Students must be informed of their legal rights - including the right to remain silent - before being questioned by school administrators working with police or school resource officers, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday in throwing out an incriminating statement in a drug case.

The ruling, issued by a deeply divided court, sets a bright-line rule for school officials pursuing both disciplinary action and possible criminal charges on school grounds.

The case centers on the arrest of a Nelson County student identified in court records only as N.C., who was charged with a drug offense after sharing prescription hydrocodone with a classmate at school.