Sentence of imprisonment for misdemeanor
Known as the Kentucky Racial Justice Act
The act spans §§ 532–532 (55 sections).
Applied in 22 court decisions — leading case Hoskins v. Maricle (2004)
Most recently applied in United States v. Hodge (October 2015)
Effective: January 1, 1975 History: Created 1974 Ky
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
A sentence of imprisonment for a misdemeanor shall be a definite term and shall be fixed within the following maximum limitations:
(1) For a Class A misdemeanor, the term shall not exceed twelve (12) months; and (2) For a Class B misdemeanor, the term shall not exceed ninety (90) days.
Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.