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COM. v. FARMER

No. 2013-SC-000120-DGE.

423 S.W.3d 690 (2014)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellant v. Charles P. FARMER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

February 20, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Conway , Attorney General of Kentucky, Jason Bradley Moore , Assistant Attorney General, Counsel for Appellant.

R. Burl McCoy, Jr. , Lexington, George Edward Nicholson , Ralph E. Meczyk , Robert J. White , Counsel for Appellee.

Opinion of the Court by Justice ABRAMSON.

Appellee Charles Farmer moved the Russell Circuit Court to dismiss an indictment charging him with one count of murder. He contended that he was legally justified to act in self-defense and therefore immune from prosecution under Kentucky Revised Statute ("KRS") 503.085. Following the denial of that motion, Farmer filed a notice of appeal to the Court of Appeals which subsequently held that it had jurisdiction to consider...

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