MAYES v. COM.


563 S.W.2d 4 (1978)

Curtis Lee MAYES, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

March 14, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrence R. Fitzgerald, Deputy Dist. Defender, Daniel T. Goyette, Asst. Director, Louisville, for appellant.

Robert F. Stephens, Atty. Gen., Patrick B. Kimberlin, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


JONES, Justice.

Curtis Lee Mayes and his cousin, Leslie Beecham, were each indicted separately for the commission of two robbery-murders that occurred in Louisville, Kentucky.

At the time the crimes were committed Mayes was two months short of being 18 years old. The Jefferson County Juvenile Court transferred jurisdiction of his case to the circuit court.

On the morning of the trial, May 25, 1977, after the jury had been selected, but before the trial...

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