Vaughn v. Commonwealth

OPINION

DIXON, Judge:

These three appeals have been designated to be heard together because they involve the resolution of the same legal issue; specifically, whether a trial court may order a defendant to pay restitution to the Kentucky State Treasury for extradition expenses incurred by the Commonwealth. We have elected to dispose of these three appeals in one opinion, and we conclude the courts below erred as a matter of law.

Appellant Vaughn and Appellant Banks each failed to appear for probation revocation hearings on their respective cases in Jefferson Circuit Court. Appellant James failed…