It is hereby declared to be the policy of this Commonwealth to encourage cooperation among law enforcement officers and to provide for the general supervision of criminal justice by the Attorney General as chief law enforcement officer of the Commonwealth, in order to maintain uniform and efficient enforcement of the criminal law and the administration of criminal justice throughout the Commonwealth. To this end, a unified and integrated prosecutor system is hereby established with the Attorney General as chief prosecutor of the Commonwealth.
KRS 15.700
Unified and integrated prosecutor system established
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case St. Clair v. Commonwealth (2004)
Most recently applied in Commonwealth v. Johnson (February 2014)
Effective: January 1, 1978 History: Created 1976 (1st Extra
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