Commonwealth v. Jeffries

Opinion of the Court by

Justice STUMBO.

Billy Stewart Jeffries1, the appellee herein, was convicted of the murder and attempted rape of an elderly female. This Court affirmed Jeffries’ conviction following a matter-of-right appeal. Jeffries v. Commonwealth, No.l997-SC-525-MR. Jeffries was a seventeen-year-old juvenile at the time he was convicted of the crimes brought against him. He was sentenced on June 9, 1997. In December 1997, Jef-fries reached his eighteenth year and was sent to the Shelby Circuit Court, which conducted a hearing pursuant to Kentucky Revised Statute (KRS) 640.030(2).…