State v. Kelsey

BAKES, Justice.

Darwin George Kelsey appeals from two amended judgments of conviction, one for rape and the other for aggravated battery. Kelsey also appeals from an order relinquishing jurisdiction which was initially retained pursuant to I.C. § 19-2601. Those two amended judgments of conviction were entered under the following circumstances.

In 1983, Kelsey pleaded guilty to rape and aggravated battery upon a young woman. He cut her throat, chest and abdomen with some sharp instrument. Kelsey was only age 16 at the time. The district judge, Boyd R. Thomas, on November 1, 1983, sentenced…