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Appeals from decisions of the Circuit Courts are made to the Kentucky Court of Appeals, the state intermediate appellate court, which may be further appealed to the Kentucky Supreme Court. (Criminal cases in which a defendant has been sentenced to death, life imprisonment, or imprisonment of 20 years or more are taken directly to the Kentucky ...
Arraignment procedures vary somewhat among jurisdictions. In New South Wales, the arraignment takes place before the judge only. [2] In South Australian practice, the jury hears the arraignment. [3] In Queensland the indictment is read to the defendant by the judge's associate prior to the empanelling of the jury. [4]
Courts of Kentucky include: Kentucky Court of Justice. Under an amendment to the Kentucky Constitution passed by the state's voters in 1975, [1] judicial power in Kentucky is "vested exclusively in one Court of Justice", divided into the following: [2] Kentucky Supreme Court [3] Kentucky Court of Appeals [4] Kentucky Circuit Courts (57 circuits ...
Donald Trump has become first president in US history to face criminal charges
Commonwealth of Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356 (2010), is a case in which the United States Supreme Court decided that criminal defense attorneys must advise noncitizen clients about the deportation risks of a guilty plea. The case extended the Supreme Court's prior decisions on criminal defendants' Sixth Amendment right to counsel to immigration ...
Court documents say the child was shot by his 3-year-old brother while his parents were asleep with a gun that had been within reach of the children. Court documents indicated the gun was in a drawer.
They also have concurrent jurisdiction with the family court division of the Circuit Court over proceedings involving domestic violence and abuse, the Uniform Parentage Act and Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, dependency, child abuse and neglect, and juvenile status offenses. Appeals from decisions of the District Courts are made to the ...
The pair appeared to be having a heated exchange before the sheriff pulled out his gun and pointed it at the judge’s head, the startling video shows.