Butcher v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice GRAVES.

In or around 1979, Appellant, Larry Butcher, moved in with the mother of then seven-year-old H.B. In 1982, the three moved to Johnson County, Kentucky, where H.B.’s mother gave birth to twin girls fathered by Butcher. Around the time the twins were born, Butcher began a pattern of sexual abuse with H.B., who was then ten years old. From December 1982 through April 1987 this abuse continued, as Appellant repeatedly fondled, sodomized, and had sexual intercourse with H.B. The sexual intercourse between Appellant and H.B. eventually resulted in conception,…