Commonwealth v. Maynard

OPINION AND ORDER

LAMBERT, Judge.

The Commonwealth of Kentucky appeals from a May 27, 2008, Russell Circuit Court order denying the forfeiture of real property owned by the heirs of Ricky Maynard. For the reasons set forth herein, we must dismiss the Commonwealth’s appeal on grounds that it failed to name indispensable parties in its notice of appeal. City of Devondale v. Stallings, 795 S.W.2d 954 (Ky.1990).

On January 4, 2007, police found approximately twenty-four pounds of marijuana on Maynard’s real property. The contraband was seized, and a Russell County Grand Jury issued an indictment on…