CAVENDER v. MILLER

No. 98-SC-196-MR.

984 S.W.2d 848 (1998)

Emory Johnny CAVENDER, Appellant, v. Hon. Larry MILLER, Judge, Wolfe Circuit Court, and Commonwealth of Kentucky (Real Party in Interest), Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

December 17, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly A. Gleason, Department of Public Advocacy, Stanton, for Appellant.

A.B. Chandler III, Attorney General, Janet M. Graham, David Sexton, Assistant Attorneys General, Frankfort, for Appellee.


WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from an order of the Court of Appeals which denied a petition for writ of prohibition and/or mandamus sought by Cavender to compel discovery of the handwritten notes of an investigating police officer.

The question presented is whether a writ of prohibition must issue because the trial judge effectively denied Cavender his right to appeal any potential conviction. Part of the question presented to this Court is whether...

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