{"id":63281,"date":"2026-02-24T12:59:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63281"},"modified":"2026-02-24T12:59:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:59:55","slug":"ky-arrest-warrant-isnt-constitutionally-required-for-a-felony-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63281","title":{"rendered":"KY: Arrest warrant isn\u2019t constitutionally required for a felony arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An arrest warrant isn\u2019t constitutionally required for a felony arrest. <a href=\"http:\/\/opinions.kycourts.net\/sc\/2024-SC-0414-MR.pdf\">Hernandez v. Commonwealth<\/a>, 2026 Ky. LEXIS 7 (Feb. 19, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was no rationale entitlement to discovery of the name of the informant in this case, so defense counsel wasn\u2019t ineffective for not asking for it. McKinney v. United States, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 34995 (M.D. Ala. Feb. 20, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parking behind defendant\u2019s already parked car in a parking lot was not a seizure. State v. Powell, 2026-Ohio-592 (5th Dist. Feb. 19, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defendant argues the automobile exception doesn&#8217;t apply, but the real issue here is abandonment of the car. United States v. Marion, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35063 (E.D. Mo. Feb. 20, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An arrest warrant isn\u2019t constitutionally required for a felony arrest. Hernandez v. Commonwealth, 2026 Ky. LEXIS 7 (Feb. 19, 2026). There was no rationale entitlement to discovery of the name of the informant in this case, so defense counsel wasn\u2019t &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63281\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,50,44,69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abandonment","category-arrest-or-entry-on-arrest","category-informant-hearsay","category-seizure"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63282,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63281\/revisions\/63282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}