Commonwealth v. Taber

STUMBO, Justice.

The Commonwealth appeals a decision of the Court of Appeals reversing the conviction of Appellee, Claude A. Taber, and ordering the trial court to dismiss Appellee’s indictment.

In December of 1991, police arrested Ap-pellee in connection with a commercial burglary in Georgetown. A Scott County grand jury returned a nine-count indictment against him on February 3, 1992, and the Scott Circuit Court scheduled his trial for April of that year. Appellee, however, requested and received a continuance to undergo a mental evaluation, and the court rescheduled his trial for September…