Commonwealth v. W.E.B.

CERTIFICATION OF THE LAW

STEPHENS, Justice.

The Commonwealth asks whether, under KRS 635.060(5), a juvenile public offender may be committed to a secure juvenile detention facility for more than 90 days if the offender is charged with multiple incidents of criminal behavior. We find that he may not, since KRS 635.060(5) limits public offender detention commitments to 90 days per dispo-sitional hearing, regardless of the number of separate offenses charged.

The underlying case arose when W.E.B., a 17-year-old public offender, pled guilty to three counts of second-degree unlawful transaction with…