Flynt v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
22 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 22 later decisions — most recently March 2024
22 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Bordenkircher v. Hayes · Weatherford v. Bursey · St. Clair v. Roark · Bradshaw v. Ball · Allen v. Walter
Most-quoted passages
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“[t]o interpret KRS 533.250(2) as permitting a trial court to approve pretrial diversion applications over the Commonwealth’s objection — and thus conferring upon circuit courts the discretionary authority that we have previously held to be within the exclusive province of the executive branch — would construe it in a manner inconsistent with Kentucky’s constitutional separation of powers provisions.(W)here the Commonwealth objects to pretrial diversion, circuit courts cannot unilaterally approve a defendant’s diversion application.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“It is manifest that the prosecution of crime is an executive function and that `the duty of the executive department is to enforce the criminal laws.' Although it is beyond dispute that the executive branch's prosecutorial function includes `the decision whether or not to prosecute, and what charge to file or bring before a grand jury,' it is argued in favor of Appellee Elliott's interpretation of KRS 533.250(2) that, after the grand jury returns an indictment, the disposition of a criminal matter is exclusively a judicial function. We observe, however, that this view of the scope of prosecutorial authority is contradicted not only by established understandings of this authority, but also by Kentucky statutory law and the precedent of this Court and its predecessor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hoskins v. Maricle“And, because prosecutors have the sole discretion whether to engage in plea bargaining with a defendant, this court and its predecessor have held that, unless the Commonwealth consents, courts cannot: (1) accept pleas of guilty and unilaterally limit the sentences which may be imposed; (2) amend a charge prior to the presentation of evidence; or (3) dismiss a valid indictment....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hoskins v. Maricle
How this case has been treated — in progress
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