Gregory Stephens v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

RENDERED: DECEMBER 14, 2023 TO BE PUBLISHED Supreme Court of Kentucky 2022-SC-0244-MR GREGORY STEPHENS APPELLANT ON APPEAL FROM HARLAN CIRCUIT COURT V. HONORABLE KENT HENDRICKSON, JUDGE NO. 21-CR-00011 COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY APPELLEE OPINION OF THE COURT BY JUSTICE THOMPSON REVERSING AND REMANDING Gregory Stephens appeals from the Harlan Circuit Court’s judgment and sentence after a jury trial, in which he was convicted of first-degree rape and being a persistent felony offender in the second-degree (PFO-2). Stephens argues that various trial errors rendered his trial fundamentally unfair.…