Bush v. Commonwealth

OPINION AND ORDER

DIXON, Judge.

Demond Bush appeals pro se from the Franklin Circuit Court’s denial of his motion for post-conviction relief pursuant to RCr 11.42. Although we agree that Appellant was not entitled to relief, we conclude that the trial court was without jurisdiction to entertain the RCr 11.42 motion.

In January 1995, Appellant was convicted in the Shelby Circuit Court 2 of second-degree manslaughter, first-degree robbery, and kidnapping. He was sentenced to a total of fifty years’ imprisonment. The Kentucky Supreme Court affirmed the convictions and sentence by an opinion…