RAMEY v. COM.

Nos. 90-SC-654-DG, 90-SC-898-DG.

824 S.W.2d 851 (1992)

Douglas RAMEY, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee. and COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellant, v. Thomas Lankford SIMPSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

February 13, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thom A. Marshall, Appellate Public Advocate, Prospect, for appellant, Douglas Ramey.

Chris Gorman, Atty. Gen., Joseph R. Johnson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee, Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Chris Gorman, Atty. Gen., Perry T. Ryan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellant, Commonwealth of Kentucky.

J. David Niehaus, Frank W. Heft, Jr., Deputy Appellate Defender of the Jefferson Dist. Public Defender, Louisville, for appellee, Thomas Lankford Simpson.


COMBS, Justice.

The issue presented for review is whether, in a felony case where notice has not been waived, the time for taking an appeal from a judgment of conviction can begin to run before the circuit court clerk makes a notation in the docket showing the date and manner of service of notice upon the defendant of the entry of the judgment. On that issue, the Court of Appeals has rendered apparently inconsistent decisions in these two cases.

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