Legal Opinion

M.A.M. v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided April 12, 2013No. Nos. 2012-CA-000989-ME, 2012-CA-001165-MEPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MOORE, Judge:

M.A.M., a minor, appeals the Woodford Family Court’s orders finding that he violated a Juvenile Status Offender Order, that he was in contempt for doing so, *548that the least restrictive means was not a necessary requirement for disposition of contempt findings, and that the proper disposition for M.A.M.’s contempt was his commitment to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Cabinet). After a careful review of the record, we reverse because the child’s guilty plea was not knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily entered and because the contempt finding was based upon…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Centers v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1990
  3. D.R. v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2001
  4. Marie Anne Laswell v. Richard Frey, Jailer, Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995
  5. J.D. v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2006

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. C.S. v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2018

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