Kentucky Revised Statutes
Ky. Rev. Stat. § 199.080 (2026)
Repealed, 1952
✓ current as of May 2026
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Catchline at repeal: Procedure when child is charged with a crime. History: Repealed 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 161, sec. 61. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 331e-5, 331e-6, 2095b-13.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 1943–1954 · leading case: Childers v. Commonwealth, 239 S.W.2d 255 (Ky. Ct. App. 1951).
Childers v. Commonwealth, 239 S.W.2d 255 (Ky. Ct. App. 1951). “KRS 199.080. When it develops in the course of a trial that the defendant is a juvenile within the terms of the statute, it is incumbent upon the Commonwealth to show affirmatively that the circuit court has jurisdiction and that there has been a proper transfer from the…”
Childers v. Commonwealth, 254 S.W.2d 704 (Ky. Ct. App. 1953). “As grounds for reversal it is urged that no juvenile hearing was held as required by KRS 199.080, therefore the court had no jurisdiction of the accused; and that the court failed to instruct the jury on the whole law of the case.”
Vanhoose v. Commonwealth, 264 S.W.2d 72 (Ky. Ct. App. 1954). “On June 19, 1952, this indictment was returned by the Lawrence County grand jury, and the appellant was convicted on March 27, 1953.”
Curnutt v. Commonwealth (Three Cases), 224 S.W.2d 170 (Ky. Ct. App. 1949). “The infants were brought before the County Judge, after proper notice had been given to both parents of the children, and a hearing conducted by the court, after which an order was entered, which, among other things, contained these words: “* * * the court is of opinion, and so…”
Johnson v. Commonwealth, 176 S.W.2d 104 (Ky. Ct. App. 1943). “The nncontradicted evidence established that the appellant was under seventeen years of age at the time of the alleged crime and the record does not disclose that a hearing was had in the juvenile court as required by KRS 199.080. This being true, the circuit court was without…”
Lewis v. Commonwealth, 186 S.W.2d 416 (Ky. Ct. App. 1945). “Paragraph 2 of KRS 199.080, which deals with procedure when a child is charged with a crime, provides: “The juvenile court shall have custody of the child and shall give the notices, make an investigation and conduct a hearing as if upon petition ‘ filed under KRS 199.”
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