Legal Opinion
Dorris v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided February 26, 2010No. 2008-CA-001351-MRPublished
1Opinion of the Court
WINE, Judge.
Appellant, Charlie Dorris (“Dorris”), pro se, appeals from the Ohio Circuit Court’s order denying his motion for post-conviction relief under Kentucky Rule of Civil Procedure (“CR”) 60.02. Dorris argues that the trial court erred by failing to conduct a competency hearing. Upon a review of the record, we remand for a determination of whether a retroactive competency hearing is permissible.
Factual History
On January 24, 2008, Dorris appeared in court and entered pleas of guilty to a variety of offenses in five separate criminal cases in the Ohio Circuit Court, including first-degree…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Medina v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Mills v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1999
- United States v. Michael A. S. MakrisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Richard Harrison Cremeans v. Walt Chapleau, Warden, and Commonwealth of KentuckyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995
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