Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Magoffin Commonwealth's Attorney Responds
KENTUCKY....
The Magoffin County Commonwealth's Attorney has responded to concerns raised by Operation UNITE and official Dan Smoot regarding Magoffin County school teacher Darrell Patrick who was arrested in October. UNITE officials maintain, if an indictment is not returned within 60-days, the district court charges will be dropped, but the Commonwealth's Attorney maintains there is no 60 day rule or limitation to present felony cases to the grand jury. He says that is a district court rule that applies only to proceedings in that court, and, in fact, in felony cases there is no statute of limitations. The Commonwealth's Attorney's Office for Magoffin County says, generally, UNITE detectives by-pass district court altogether and come directly to the grand jury. The attorney says Patrick's case will be presented to the grand jury in January, and his case will be handled in the same manner as all other drug trafficking cases, and the law will be enforced and justice carried out.
The Magoffin County Commonwealth's Attorney has responded to concerns raised by Operation UNITE and official Dan Smoot regarding Magoffin County school teacher Darrell Patrick who was arrested in October. UNITE officials maintain, if an indictment is not returned within 60-days, the district court charges will be dropped, but the Commonwealth's Attorney maintains there is no 60 day rule or limitation to present felony cases to the grand jury. He says that is a district court rule that applies only to proceedings in that court, and, in fact, in felony cases there is no statute of limitations. The Commonwealth's Attorney's Office for Magoffin County says, generally, UNITE detectives by-pass district court altogether and come directly to the grand jury. The attorney says Patrick's case will be presented to the grand jury in January, and his case will be handled in the same manner as all other drug trafficking cases, and the law will be enforced and justice carried out.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 8:18 PM 
