Perkins v. Commonwealth

OPINION

NICKELL, JUDGE:

After entering a conditional guilty plea to an amended charge of second-degree robbery,1 and a charge of possession of a *382handgun by a minor, first offense,2 Marico Perkins is serving a total sentence of eight years. He challenges the Fayette Circuit Court judgment alleging it resulted from an improper juvenile transfer hearing under an unconstitutional statute. He specifically claims he was wrongly denied funds to hire an expert to defend against transfer of his juvenile case to circuit court; the transfer statute is unconstitutional under Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530…