Commonwealth v. Brown

LUKOWSKY, Justice.

This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from an order of the Fayette Circuit Court which dismissed a murder indictment against Larry Brown. The order was entered based upon the Commonwealth’s representations that several pre-trial rulings of the court had the effect of preventing the Commonwealth from using all the evidence it had that was reasonably. calculated to convict Brown of the offense charged. Consequently, the dismissal was properly granted if the pre-trial rulings were correct.

This case originated in Marion County where Brown, Greg Owens, Steve Edelen and Clarence…