Title LI, Unified Juvenile Code
10 chapters · 255 sections in this title.
KRS § 640.010 Preliminary hearing -- Proof required to try child as youthful offender in Circuit Court
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Circuit Court. (1) For children who are alleged to be youthful offenders by falling in the purview of KRS 635.020(2) to (8), the court shall at arraignment ensure that the child's rights as specified in KRS 610.060 have been explained and followed. (2) (a) In the case of a child …
KRS § 640.020 Detention of youthful offender if unable to meet conditions of release or bail
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bail. (1) Any person proceeded against as a youthful offender under the provisions of this chapter who is under eighteen (18) years of age shall be detained in a secure juvenile detention facility if he is unable to meet the conditions of release or bail established pursuant to K…
KRS § 640.030 Sentencing after conviction or plea of guilty
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A youthful offender, who is convicted of, or pleads guilty to, a felony offense in Circuit Court, shall be subject to the same type of sentencing procedures and duration of sentence, including probation and conditional discharge, as an adult convicted of a felony offense, except …
KRS § 640.040 Capital punishment and other prohibited dispositions
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(1) No youthful offender who has been convicted of a capital offense who was under the age of sixteen (16) years at the time of the commission of the offense shall be sentenced to capital punishment. A youthful offender may be sentenced to capital punishment if he was sixteen (16…
KRS § 640.050 Supervision during probation or conditional discharge
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(1) Any period of probation or conditional discharge required by the sentencing court to be served shall be supervised by: (a) The Department of Juvenile Justice, if the youthful offender is under the age of eighteen (18); (b) The Department of Corrections, upon the youthful offe…
KRS § 640.060 Duty of Commonwealth's attorney
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It shall be the duty of the Commonwealth's attorney after the imposition of youthful offender sentence, unless the defendant is granted probation, to cause to be forthwith transmitted to the facility or program with the commitment papers, a concise statement of the facts adduced …
KRS § 640.070 Committing youthful offender to Department of Corrections
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(1) Upon motion of the Department of Juvenile Justice, the sentencing Circuit Court may, after notice and hearing, order a youthful offender committed to an adult facility operated by the Department of Corrections if it is established by a preponderance of the evidence that the y…
KRS § 640.075 Youthful offender transferred to Department of Corrections may remain in custody of Department of Juvenile Justice -- Transfer -- Petition for reconsideration of probation and for early parole
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in custody of Department of Juvenile Justice -- Transfer -- Petition for reconsideration of probation and for early parole. (1) Any other provision of KRS Chapter 640 to the contrary notwithstanding, any youthful offender ordered transferred to the Department of Corrections under…
KRS § 640.080 Jurisdiction of Parole Board -- Incarceration of youthful parole violators
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(1) Youthful offenders shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Kentucky Parole Board and may be placed on parole to the Department of Corrections. The Parole Board may, with regard to a youthful offender, exercise any of the powers which it possesses pursuant to KRS Chapter 4…
KRS § 640.090 Right of Parole Board and Department of Corrections to records
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Upon the determination that a person is a youthful offender, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and all other public agencies possessing records relating to the youthful offender shall, upon request, provide copies of the records to th…
KRS § 640.100 Access of Parole Board to youthful offender and reports
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All officials of the Department of Juvenile Justice and the Department of Corrections shall furnish members of the Parole Board or its properly accredited representatives: (1) Access at all reasonable times to any youthful offender over whom the board has jurisdiction under this …
KRS § 640.110 Duty of Department of Juvenile Justice to transfer records to Department of Corrections
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of Corrections. When a youthful offender is transferred to the Department of Corrections in accordance with this chapter, the Department of Juvenile Justice shall transfer a copy of all records relating to the youthful offender to the Department of Corrections.
KRS § 640.120 Administrative regulations
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(1) The Department of Juvenile Justice may promulgate administrative regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter. (2) The Department of Corrections may promulgate administrative regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter. (3) The Kentucky Parole Board may…