Hayes v. Commonwealth

This is an appeal from an order denying relief pursuant to an RCr 11.42 motion the grounds for which were ineffective assistance of counsel and lack of proper jurisdiction.

By judgment entered April 29, 1970, upon a jury verdict Freddie Hayes was convicted of rape and armed robbery for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment on the first charge and ten years on the latter offense. Now he seeks relief some twenty-three years later even after his conviction was affirmed by the former Court of Appeals on March 26, 1971. Interestingly enough, Hayes failed to mention any problem with…