Martin v. Commonwealth

Appellant, Leonard Martin, was convicted of three counts of sexual abuse in the first degree and one count of sodomy in the first degree. The jury recommended a sentence of five years for each count of sexual abuse, for a total of fifteen years, and a sentence of twenty-five years for the sodomy count, the sentences to run concurrently. The court entered a judgment sentencing Appellant to serve twenty-five years. Appellant appeals to this Court as a matter of right, 1 asserting three claims of reversible error: (1) that double jeopardy bars Appellant’s retrial; (2) that the Commonwealth’s use…