White v. Commonwealth

PALMORE, Judge.

These proceedings originated in the Louisville Police Court and come to us on appeals from a judgment entered by the Jefferson Circuit Court following a trial de novo before a jury. It is our opinion that the circuit court had no jurisdiction to entertain the cases and that its judgment was void. We dismiss the appeals sua sponte upon the ground that there is no valid judgment from which an appeal can be taken. Cf. Burbage v. Squires, 60 Ky. 77, 3 Metc. 77 (1862).

RCr 11.04 specifies what a judgment in a criminal case shall contain. It applies to police courts as well as to…