Legal Opinion

Parks v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided February 9, 1968PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Jerry Franklin Parks filed a motion in the Daviess Circuit Court that a pending indictment against him be dismissed because the state had failed to afford him a speedy trial. The court did not specifically rule on that motion but entered an order that proceedings under the indictment be stayed until such time as Parks’ competency has been restored. Parks has undertaken to appeal from that order.

Because it appears to us that Parks could not prevail in any event, we shall not decide the question, raised by a motion to dismiss the appeal, whether an appeal will lie from an…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Ruip v. KnightCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1964
  2. LaVigne v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1966
  3. Ruip v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1967

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Commonwealth v. MilesCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1991

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