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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 455.080 (2026)

Repealed, 1962

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Catchline at repeal: Information or warrant; when prosecution may be had on. History: Repealed 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 234, sec. 61. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1141.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1948–1973 · leading case: Singleton v. Commonwealth, 208 S.W.2d 325 (Ky. Ct. App. 1948).
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Singleton v. Commonwealth, 208 S.W.2d 325 (Ky. Ct. App. 1948). · cites it 2× “The statute involved in that case was Section 1141 of the Kentucky Statutes, which has been superseded by Section 455.080 above referred to. Our statutes do not give the Circuit Court jurisdiction to try the offense committed by Whitaker on a warrant of arrest.”
Rice v. Commonwealth, 288 S.W.2d 635 (Ky. Ct. App. 1956). “Appellant argues that the indictment Is void because it is nothing more than a prosecution by information, wholly in violation of Section 12 of the Constitution, and KRS 455.080. Section 12 provides that no person shall be proceeded against criminally by- information except in…”
Baldwin v. Commonwealth, 459 S.W.2d 135 (Ky. Ct. App. 1970). · cites it 3× “In Ritter we also said that because of KRS 455.080 the action could not have originated by warrant in the circuit court.”
Ritter v. Bruce, 239 S.W.2d 449 (Ky. Ct. App. 1951). · cites it 2× “The value of the automobile subject to forfeiture, when added to the maximum fine imposable for the offense charged, exceeds the jurisdictional limits within which a circuit court may act upon warrant or information, under KRS 455.080; therefore the circuit court would not have…”
Baldwin v. Commonwealth, 235 S.W.2d 771 (Ky. Ct. App. 1951). · cites it 4× “KRS 455.080 provides: “In circuit court, persons charged with misdemeanors for which the highest penalty that may be imposed is a fine of one hundred dollars and imprisonment for fifty days may be .”
Crabtree v. Commonwealth, 278 S.W.2d 732 (Ky. Ct. App. 1955). · cites it 2× “Moreover,' under KRS 455.080 a person charged with a misdemeanor may be prosecuted by warrant or information in the circuit court' only where the maximum penalty that may be imposed for the offense is a fine of $100 and imprisonment for 50 days.”
Commonwealth v. Hope, 492 S.W.2d 207 (Ky. Ct. App. 1973). “02 removed the statutory limitation formerly imposed by KRS 455.080. The appellee’s reliance on Crabtree v.”
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