Ky. Admin. Office of the Courts, Circuit/District Court Clerks' Manual, ch. 43 (Forcible Entry and Detainer)

Citation: Ky. Admin. Office of the Courts, Circuit/District Court Clerks' Manual, ch. 43 (Forcible Entry and Detainer)
Jurisdiction: Kentucky (state)
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Original Source: https://www.kycourts.gov/Courts/County-Information/Documents/ClerksManual.pdf ↗

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14.2 Circuit Criminal: Indictments Joined with a Felony
 An indictment for a misdemeanor joined with a felony shall be docketed in circuit court.
RCr 5.20.
1. Upon receipt of an indictment or information, apply the FILED stamp to Quick Reference
the indictment or information; add the date and your initials. There is no File, date, initial
filing fee in criminal cases. KRS 453.190(1).
2. Refer to Case Add section of the KyCourts Manual for instruction on
opening the case and handling of multiple defendants. Use case type CR. Case type CR
Generate the next case number for circuit criminal CR cases or use the next
pre-numbered file folder.
NOTE: Charge/Violation date should be date Grand Jury returned the
indictment.
NOTE: Open one case file and assign one case number when two or more offenses,
whether felonies, misdemeanors, violations, or any combination thereof, are charged in
the same or related indictment, information, served criminal complaint or citation,
where the offenses are of the same or similar character or are based on the same acts or
transactions connected together or constituting parts of a common plan or scheme. See
Uniform Case Management Standards.
NOTE: In cases where there is a conviction of a DUI, it is helpful to DOT to list the
underlying District Case number and Charge/Violation date in the charge memo. This
information is included in the reportable/abstract data share with the DOT.
3. Cross reference the circuit criminal case with the underlying district court case number
by completing a cross-reference screen, when applicable. Refer to the Case Add section
of KyCourts Manual for specific instructions.

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4. Issue a warrant or summons as directed by the court.