Allen v. Commonwealth

DYCHE, Judge.

Rex Allen appeals from a judgment and sentence of the McCracken Circuit Court convicting him of Criminal Abuse in the First Degree (KRS 508.100) and sentencing him to seven years’ imprisonment.

Allen raises two contentions of trial court error on appeal. First, appellant argues the trial court erred when it overruled his “Motion to Dismiss Indictment or in the Alternative for a New Trial,” filed November 30, 1992, on the grounds the trial court had improperly delegated authority to disqualify, postpone or excuse potential grand jurors to the Court Administrator. Secondly,…