Gourley v. Commonwealth

OPINION

COMBS, Judge:

The appellant, Stephen Jonathan Gour-ley (Gourley), appeals from the judgment of the Letcher Circuit Court convicting him of robbery in the first degree and sentencing him to eleven-years’ imprisonment. He argues on appeal that the court erred by failing to follow the sentencing procedures set out in Kentucky Revised Statute (KRS) 640.030. Having carefully reviewed the record, we vacate and remand the judgment of the circuit court.

Gourley was arrested on September 2, 1998, for the robbery of a bank located in Letcher County, Kentucky; he was seventeen years of age at the…