Bussey v. Commonwealth

LAMBERT, Justice.

This Court granted discretionary review of the opinion of the Court of Appeals which affirmed appellant’s conviction of sexual abuse in the first degree. In the trial court appellant was sentenced to three years imprisonment. Six issues are presented for our review.

Appellant was convicted of sexually abusing a profoundly retarded, obese, fifty-year-old man. According to the victim, as appellant and his brother, Clifford Bussey, drove down a street in Shelbyville, the victim, a man whom they knew, called to them and asked for a ride. The Bussey brothers stopped and the victim…