David Calhoun v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

CHIEF JUSTICE MINTON

A circuit court jury convicted David A. Calhoun of first-degree sexual abuse and first-degree sodomy and recommended thirty years’ imprisonment. Calhoun appeals the resulting judgment as a matter of right, 1 presenting two grounds supporting reversal of the judgment.

First, Calhoun argues that he was denied his right to conflict-free counsel when the trial court denied his motion to disqualify the entire Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office from prosecuting the charges against him after his former counsel withdrew from his representation before trial and…