Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Townsend
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided October 17, 2002No. 2001-SC-0070-DGPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COOPER, Justice.
Appellee Adrien Lamont Townsend, then age sixteen (DOB: December 29, 1979) was charged in the Jefferson District Court, Juvenile Division with robbery in the first degree. Pursuant to KRS 640.010(2)(c), he was transferred to the Jefferson Circuit Court as a “youthful offender” to be proceeded against as an adult. Appellee waived formal indictment and agreed that the Commonwealth could proceed against him by information. RCr 6.02(1). Malone v. Commonwealth, Ky., 30 S.W.3d 180 (2000). On November 18, 1996, Appellee entered a plea of guilty to robbery in the first degree and was…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Patton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Short v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1975
- Commonwealth v. GriffinKentucky Supreme Court · 1997
- Myers v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2001
- Malone v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2000
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