Criminal Charges
August 10, 2022
House Bill 215 (HB 215) is a bill that significantly increases the minimum sentence to be served for anyone convicted of fentanyl trafficking in Kentucky. This […]
June 10, 2020
Factors To Consider When Choosing A Lawyer Choosing a lawyer is hard. It is difficult to sift through all the information thrown at you by billboards, […]
May 26, 2015
It is difficult to know all the ways that social media can negatively affect your case, whether it is for an injury you suffered or to determine custody and visitation of your child. With that in mind it is best to always use judgment on what you post online and stop using social media until your lawsuit has concluded in KY.
December 16, 2014
In many instances, it is important for you to have an experienced traffic offense lawyer in with you at your initial court appearance for traffic citations, speeding tickets or DUI charges. Which means you should contact a traffic offense lawyer as soon as possible after being charged.
November 19, 2014
Traffic offenses range from speeding to reckless driving to driving under the influence (DUI). A traffic offense lawyer at Hurst & Hurst Law can help set up an approach to help you move quickly and as painlessly as possible through the legal process.
October 30, 2014
In Kentucky the first conviction of possession of a controlled substance may be voided. Voiding has the same effect as expunging the conviction.
September 2, 2014
An Alford plea in Kentucky is a type of guilty plea where the criminal defendant does not actually admit to committing the crime. Rather the defendant maintains their innocence but still chooses to plead guilty because the prosecution has significant evidence against them.
August 25, 2014
In Kentucky, the concept of a Persistent Felony Offender (PFO) is created by Kentucky Revised Statute 532.080 which authorizes additional punishment for people who are at least twenty-one (21) years of age and have been convicted of multiple felonies within a given time period.
July 11, 2014
Most crimes in Kentucky require a prosecutor to prove the Defendant had the correct mental state to commit the crime, which is commonly intentional, wanton, reckless, and negligent. There are crimes that do not require a mental state, those are call strict liability. Strict Liability means that if you do the required guilty act them you have completed the crime in Kentucky