Hall v. Commonwealth

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

Can Martin Hall was convicted of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, one Geraldine Barrett, aged 17 years. KRS 208.020(3) (a). He was fined $50 and sentenced to serve twelve months in jail. On appeal he contends that the statute is unconstitutional; a conviction in an Ohio court is a bar to this prosecution; and the verdict was not unanimous.

Complaint is made that the statute does not contain a definition of “delinquency” and does not define what acts under the statute are criminal offenses with sufficient clarity to permit an adequate defense. This same objection…