Kimbro v. Lassiter
Kentucky Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.
This appeal is from an order of the Court of Appeals denying a writ of prohibition and/or mandamus which Kimbro sought against a circuit judge who remanded a misdemeanor to the district court for trial. We affirm.
The single issue is whether the trial judge committed reversible error in remanding a misdemeanor charge to the district court after a felony count that was coupled with the misdemeanor was dismissed by the circuit court.
Kimbro argues that the district court forever lost jurisdiction of the case and it should be tried by the circuit court.
We affirm the order of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Keller v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1980
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. ArnetteKentucky Supreme Court · 1985