Newsome v. Hall

OPINION

JOHNSON, Judge.

Donnie Newsome has appealed a judgment of the Knott Circuit Court ordering his removal from the office of Judge Executive for Knott County. The removal was ordered as a result of an election contest filed in 2004 alleging campaign finance law violations by Newsome in the 2002 Democratic Primary. The contest was filed by appellee Mike Hall who opposed Newsome in that primary.

On appeal, Newsome alleges that the trial court erred in considering an election contest filed after the ten days allowed by KRS 120.055, that the contest was precluded by Hall’s own violations of the…