Johnson v. Commonwealth, (1943)
Court: Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Number:
Visitors: 16
Judges: OPINION OF THE COURT BY CHIEF JUSTICE FULTON
Attorneys: Henry L. Rudd for appellant.
Hubert Meredith, Attorney General, and Blanche Mackey, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Filed: Dec. 03, 1943
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: Reversing. Earl Johnson appeals from a sentence to the penitentiary for two years for detaining a woman against her will. The uncontradicted evidence established that the appellant was under seventeen years of age at the time of the alleged crime and the record does not disclose that a hearing was had in the juvenile court as required by KRS 199.080 . This being true, the circuit court was without jurisdiction and the indictment should have been dismissed when the appellant's age was established
Summary: Reversing. Earl Johnson appeals from a sentence to the penitentiary for two years for detaining a woman against her will. The uncontradicted evidence established that the appellant was under seventeen years of age at the time of the alleged crime and the record does not disclose that a hearing was had in the juvenile court as required by KRS 199.080 . This being true, the circuit court was without jurisdiction and the indictment should have been dismissed when the appellant's age was established...
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Reversing.
Earl Johnson appeals from a sentence to the penitentiary for two years for detaining a woman against her will.
The uncontradicted evidence established that the appellant was under seventeen years of age at the time of the alleged crime and the record does not disclose that a hearing was had in the juvenile court as required by KRS 199.080. This being true, the circuit court was without jurisdiction and the indictment should have been dismissed when the appellant's age was established. Mattingly v. Commonwealth, 171 Ky. 222,188 S.W. 370; Goodfriend v. Commonwealth, 216 Ky. 573, 288 S.W. 330; Grise v. Commonwealth, 245 Ky. 220, 53 S.W.2d 362.
The judgment is reversed with directions to grant the appellant a new trial and for further proceedings consistent herewith.
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