The current [[Kentucky]] court system, including the Supreme Court, was established pursuant to an amendment to the state constitution in 1975.<ref>[http://courts.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/15109806-12A6-42ED-A216-81325F3DB6AD/0/AOCEstablished.pdf Text of amendment to Kentucky Constitution]</ref> Before then, the highest court was the Court of Appeals. That constitutional amendment provides for a fairly conventional court organization: a Supreme Court, a Court of Appeals, circuit courts, and district courts. | The current [[Kentucky]] court system, including the Supreme Court, was established pursuant to an amendment to the state constitution in 1975.<ref>[http://courts.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/15109806-12A6-42ED-A216-81325F3DB6AD/0/AOCEstablished.pdf Text of amendment to Kentucky Constitution]</ref> Before then, the highest court was the Court of Appeals. That constitutional amendment provides for a fairly conventional court organization: a Supreme Court, a Court of Appeals, circuit courts, and district courts. |