Commonwealth v. Hamilton

OPINION REVERSING AND REMANDING

WILHOIT, Judge.

This is an appeal from the order of the Johnson Circuit Court dismissing the nineteen-count indictment charging the appellee with the crime of theft by unlawful taking in violation of KRS 514.030.

On May 6, 1994, the Johnson County Grand Jury issued an indictment charging the appellee with nineteen counts of theft under KRS 514.030. All nineteen counts charged the appellee with felony theft, though four allegedly occurred after the 1992 amendment of the statute. The indictment alleges that the appellee unlawfully issued checks transferring money…