Commonwealth v. Young

How courts have described this case

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• “[O]ur own rule is that absent circumstances constituting one of the ‘rare exceptions, . . . a trial judge has no authority, absent consent of the Commonwealth’s attorney, to dismiss, amend, or file away before trial a prosecution based on a good indictment.’”

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Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Tyler Story v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2024-12-19
• Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Cornell Denmark Thomas, II
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2025-12-19

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Costello v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1956-04-01· cited 1,814×
• Martin v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2006-05-23· cited 437×
• Hoskins v. Maricle
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2004-12-16· cited 335×
• Kennedy v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1976-09-17· cited 159×
• Wilburn v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2010-03-18· cited 86×
• Fischer v. Fischer
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2011-09-20· cited 82×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1987-04-06· cited 79×
• McCleery v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-09-26· cited 52×
• Thomas v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1996-09-26· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. Allen
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1998-11-19· cited 45×
• In Re the Appeal in Gila County Juvenile Action No. 3824
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1979-09-19· cited 7×
• Hensley v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1983-06-15· cited 6×
• Taulbee v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1971-03-12· cited 4×
• In re Adoption of a Male Child
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1992-07-13· cited 2×