Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ayers
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided November 21, 2013No. 2012-SC-000261-DGPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Justice CUNNINGHAM.
Appellee, William Ayers, was an attorney licensed in Kentucky with extensive experience in the practice of criminal law. However, such knowledge appears remiss from his professional and personal choices. On April 10, 2008, a Jefferson County grand jury indicted Ayers on five counts of failure to file Kentucky tax returns for the years 2002-2006.
For the nearly two-year period between indictment and trial, Ayers appeared on his own behalf without expressing a desire for counsel until the day before a previously continued jury trial was scheduled to…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- State v. MelsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1982
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3Cited by1 opinion
- William Ayers v. Johnathan HallCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2018