Crayton v. Commonwealth

In Crayton v. Commonwealth, Ky., 846 S.W.2d 684 (1992) the Kentucky Supreme Court adopted the "good faith" exception to the warrant requirement, and held that "the omitted material would support a finding of probable cause". In Crayton, the Kentucky Supreme Court held that the good faith exception to the warrant requirement, as set forth by the Supreme Court of the United States in United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897, 104 S. Ct. 3405, 82 L. Ed. 2d 677 (1984), does not violate Section 10 of the Kentucky Constitution. Crayton, 846 S.W.2d at 689. In discussing the Leon case as it relates to evidence obtained pursuant to a search warrant, the Crayton court stated that "the [Leon] Court held that the officer must have an objectively reasonable belief in the sufficiency of the warrant and the probable cause determination. If the affidavit contains false or misleading information, the officer's reliance cannot be reasonable." 846 S.W.2d at 687-88.