BISHOP v. CAUDILL

No. 2002-SC-0372-MR.

118 S.W.3d 159 (2003)

Dwayne Earl BISHOP, Appellant, v. John David CAUDILL, Judge Floyd Circuit Court, Appellee, and Commonwealth of Kentucky, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

October 23, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis Stutsman, Harolyn R. Howard, Emily Holt, Department of Public Advocacy, Frankfort, Counsel for Appellant.

A.B. Chandler III, Attorney General of Kentucky, Ian G. Sonego, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Appellate Division, Office of the Attorney General, Frankfort, Counsel for Appellee.


GRAVES, Justice.

Appellant, Dwayne Earl Bishop, has been indicted in the Floyd Circuit Court for the September 2000 murder of his estranged wife. The Court of Appeals denied Appellant's petition for a writ to prohibit the respondent judge from enforcing an order directing Appellant to submit to an independent competency examination by a mental health professional selected and compensated by the Commonwealth. Appellant appeals to this Court as a matter of right.

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