CRIMINAL – Interstate Agreement on Detainers: Roskie v. Commonwealth (COA 9/25/2009)

Roskie v. Commonwealth
2008-CA-001466 9/25/09 2009 WL 3047638

Opinion by Senior Judge Harris; Chief Judge Combs and Judge Thompson concurred. The Court affirmed an order of the circuit court denying appellant’s motion to dismiss his indictment pursuant to the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (IAD), KRS 440.450.

The Court held that appellant waived his right to have final disposition of his case within 180 days by accepting a trial date that would occur after the time period lapsed.