KING v. VENTERS


595 S.W.2d 714 (1980)

David Lowell KING, Appellant, v. Hon. Edgar N. VENTERS, Judge, Pike Circuit Court, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

March 11, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Emory Farley, Public Advocate, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Frankfort, M. Gail Robinson, Kevin Michael McNally, Asst. Public Advocate, for appellant.

Steven L. Beshear, Atty. Gen., Sam E. Isaacs, James Zerhusen, Asst. Attys. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


PALMORE, Chief Justice.

Appellant brought this action in the Court of Appeals for an order of mandamus requiring the presiding judge of the Pike Circuit Court either to dismiss two indictments against the appellant or to grant him a "post-indictment preliminary hearing" for the purpose, presumably, of determining whether the indictments are founded upon probable cause. He appeals from an order of the Court of Appeals denying relief.

The purpose of a preliminary...

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