Danner v. Commonwealth

LAMBERT, Justice.

Appellant, James Arthur Danner, was convicted in the Boyd Circuit Court of two counts of sodomy in the first degree, and one count of rape in the first degree. He was sentenced to twenty-four years imprisonment on each count to run concurrently for a total of twenty-four years imprisonment. He appeals as a matter of right.

The victim of appellant’s sex crimes was his daughter. She was between the ages of five and ten years old when appellant sexually abused her, but she was fifteen by the time appellant was brought to trial. Because the Commonwealth felt that the victim could…