Legal Opinion

Hill v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided September 22, 1989No. 88-CA-2546-MRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

LESTER, Judge.

Robert Lee Hill appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of first-degree sexual abuse. His sentence was fixed at five years in the penitentiary based on the recommendation of the jury.

A recitation of the facts of the underlying offense is not essential to a determination of the issues presented on appeal and we therefore forgo the exercise.

Hill contends that he was denied the due process of law by the introduction of irrelevant and prejudicial evidence, to wit, a crayon drawing made by the prosecuting witness. The picture is a childishly rendered…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Abernathy v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1969
  3. Romans v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1977
  4. Commonwealth v. McIntoshKentucky Supreme Court · 1983
  5. Jackson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1986

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