Hulan v. Commonwealth

OPINION OF

THE COURT

James Huían was convicted of first-degree sodomy and first-degree sexual abuse. KRS 510.070, 510.110. He was sentenced to 20 years and five years on the respective convictions, to be served concurrently. He appeals, claiming only that the evidence was insufficient to support a conviction of first-degree sodomy. The alleged insufficiency proceeds from appellant’s assumption that sodomy requires proof of penetration. Such an assumption is refuted by the explicit terminology of KRS 510.070 and KRS 510.010(1).

KRS 510.070 provides that(1) A person is guilty of sodomy in the…