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COMMONWEALTH EX REL. HANCOCK v. HOLMES

509 S.W.2d 258 (1974)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky ex rel. Ed W. HANCOCK, Attorney General, et al., Appellants, v. Charles J. HOLMES, Commissioner, Department of Corrections, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied June 7, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ed W. Hancock, Atty. Gen., Robert W. Willmott, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellants.

Edward F. Prichard, Jr., Frankfort, for appellees.

STEINFELD, Justice.

The 1972 session of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth passed an Act which is referred to as the "work release program" for prisoners convicted of a felony. KRS 439.580 through 439.630. The Commonwealth, on relation of the Attorney General, brought this action to enjoin the installation of this program and to have declared part of the Act as repugnant to section 253 of the Kentucky Constitution.

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