King v. Venters

PALMORE, Chief Justice.

The appellants, David Lowell King and James Arthur King, were indicted in the Johnson Circuit Court for murder, kidnapping, and lst-degree robbery. In due course the trial judge entered an order requiring the Commonwealth to prosecute the case on an “open file” basis, pursuant to which the prosecuting attorney furnished to the appellants a list of 44 prospective witnesses he contemplated using at the trial. Thereafter the prosecuting attorney was replaced by two assistant attorneys-general, who proceeded to have the appellants indicted for murder and kidnapping in the…