NELSON v. SHAKE

No. 2002-SC-0087-MR.

82 S.W.3d 914 (2002)

Rick B. NELSON, Appellant, v. James SHAKE, Judge, Jefferson Circuit Court and Commonwealth of Kentucky, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

August 22, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. David Niehaus, Office of the Public Defender for Jefferson District Public Defender, Louisville, for Appellant.

James M. Shake, Hall of Justice, Louisville, A.B. Chandler, III, Attorney General, Frankfort, Jeanne Deborah Anderson, Louisville, for Appellees.


OPINION

Appellant, Rick B. Nelson, sought a writ of prohibition from the Court of Appeals to prohibit the Jefferson Circuit Court from conducting further proceedings regarding his indictment for first-degree rape and first-degree unlawful imprisonment. The main issue in this matter is whether a district court's order to hold a competency hearing prevents any other court proceeding, including a session of the Grand Jury, from going forward until the said hearing...

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