JONES v. COSTANZO

No. 2012-SC-000054-MR.

393 S.W.3d 1 (2012)

Fred M. JONES, Jr., Appellant v. Hon. Robert COSTANZO (Bell Circuit Court Judge), et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

October 25, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine Marie Dittmeier Holm , Department of Public Advocacy, La Grange, KY, Counsel for Appellant.

Robert V. Costanzo , Bell Circuit Court, Farmer Helton Judicial Center, Pineville, KY, Counsel for Appellee, Hon. Robert Costanzo, Bell Circuit Court Judge.

Jack Conway , Attorney General of Kentucky, Karen Greene Blondell , Middlesboro, KY, Heather Michelle Fryman , Assistant Attorney General, Office of Criminal Appeals, Office of the Attorney General, Frankfort, KY, Counsel for Appellee, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Real Party in Interest.


Opinion of the Court by Justice SCOTT.

Appellant, Fred M. Jones, Jr., petitioned the Court of Appeals for a writ of mandamus directing the Bell Circuit Court to enter an order releasing expert witness funds for an evidentiary hearing regarding his post-conviction RCr 11.42 ineffective assistance of counsel motion. The Court of Appeals denied the petition and Appellant now appeals to this Court as a matter of right, Ky. Const...

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