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149 Ky. 442

Holcomb v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided September 24, 1912

Court of Appeals of Kentucky · decided 1912-09-24

<p>Appeal — Criminal Law — Jurisdiction.—The Court of Appeals is without appellate jurisdiction in misdemeanor cases, where penalty imposed is a fine of not more than fifty dollars or imprisonment not exceeding thirty days; and an appeal from a judgment fixing the fine at fifty dollars and imprisonment for ten days, must be dismissed.</p>

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Decided 1912-09-24

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¶1Opinion of the Court by

Judge Passing

¶2Dismissing the appeal.

¶3A. B. Holcomb was indicted by the grand jury of Perry County for the offense of assault with deadly weapon, a misdemeanor. He was tried, found guilty, and his punishment fixed at a fine of $50.00 and confinement in the county jail for ten days. He appeals.

¶4The attorney for the Commonwealth moves to dismiss the appeal, because this court has no jurisdiction to hear it. The right of appeal in misdemeanor cases is regulated by section 347 of the Criminal Code of Practice, which is as follows;

“The Court of Appeals shall have appellate jurisdiction in penal actions and prosecutions for misdemeanors, in the following cases only, viz.; If the judgment be for a fine exceeding fifty dollars, or for imprisonment exceeding thirty days; or, if the judgment be -for the defendant, in cases in which a fine exceeding fifty dollars, or confinement exceeding thirty days, might have been inflicted.”

¶5Construing this section of the Code, this court in Noe v. Commonwealth, 134 Ky., 618, and Conley v. Commonwealth, 141 Ky., 730, held that no appeal lies from a judgment of conviction in misdemeanor cases, unless either the fine is for more than $50.00, or the imprisonment for more than 30 days. Hence, in the case at bar, this court has no jurisdiction, and the appeal must be dismissed.

¶6It is so ordered.

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