Jones v. Commonwealth

HILL, Judge.

By this appeal Boone Jones seeks to reverse his conviction under the Habitual Criminal Act, KRS 431.190, under which he received a life sentence. He maintains in the exhaustive brief filed by his court-appointed attorney that (1) his substantial rights have been violated by failure of the Commissioner of Mental Health to examine him pursuant to KRS 203.340, and failure of the trial court to require a bill of particulars; (2) KRS 431.190, known as the Habitual Criminal Act, is unconstitutional; (3) the evidence was not sufficient to convict; and (4) the instructions were erroneous.

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