Legal Opinion
Jefferson County Department for Human Services v. Carter
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided September 6, 1990No. 89-SC-392-DGPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.
This appeal is from a decision of the Court of Appeals which permitted a district judge of juvenile session to sentence an 18-year-old to 30 days in a juvenile facility.
The critical issue concerns the disposi-tional alternatives available to a district judge when the offender is no longer a juvenile at the time of sentencing.
District Judge John K. Carter sentenced Anthony Allen to 30 days in the Jefferson County Youth Center for a car theft committed prior to Allen’s 18th birthday. Allen had turned 18 before he was apprehended and was over the age of 18 at the time a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Schall v. MartinSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Baker v. HamiltonDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1972
3Cited by8 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. S.K.Kentucky Supreme Court · 2008
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