LEXINGTON, Ky. (FOX 56) — The Kentucky Court of Appeals has vacated an order that nearly denied justice in a Lexington murder case, according to Attorney General Russell Coleman.
On Friday, Coleman announced that Cornell Thomas, II, who had been charged in connection with a deadly and violent 2020 car crash, as well as leaving the scene of an accident, will now face prosecution.
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The Court of Appeals issued a unanimous ruling saying the Fayette Circuit Court judge who dismissed the case did so in a way “fraught with legal errors and abuses of both its discretion and its authority.”
The 108-page decision, written by a Lexington Court of Appeals judge, vacated the circuit court’s ruling, ordered a new trial, and stated that the circuit judge’s “recusal appears the only reasonable and appropriate solution” going forward, according to a news release…