Bingham v. Commonwealth

John Earl Bingham appeals from a judgment entered on a guilty plea of aiding a robbery in the first degree and first degree assault for each of which offenses he was sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment to run concurrently.

At the time of the commission of the crimes to which Bingham pleaded guilty, he was a juvenile. A juvenile petition had been duly filed, and Bingham appeared before W. Paul Hale, a trial commissioner of Christian County, who entered an order committing him to the Department of Child Welfare. However, the county judge, pursuant to his authority, reviewed the findings and…