Commonwealth v. Grider

OPINION AND ORDER

MOORE, Judge:

The Commonwealth of Kentucky appeals the order of the Franklin Circuit Court dismissing the indictment against Eric Grider. Grider, in turn, has filed a motion to dismiss this appeal. After a careful review of the record, we affirm the circuit court’s order because Grider had no choice in moving to dismiss the indictment due to the Commonwealth’s failure to inform him of a key component of the charges against him until after the jury was impaneled and sworn. Because we affirm the circuit court’s dismissal of the indictment with prejudice, we conclude that…