Rearick v. Commonwealth

OPINION OF THE COURT

Appellant was convicted of three counts of First Degree Sodomy, one count of Third Degree Sodomy and two counts of First Degree Sexual Abuse. He appeals as a matter of right from the judgment of conviction and thirty year sentence. The judgment is reversed and the case remanded for a new trial in accordance with this opinion.

The charges of which appellant was convicted were consolidated for trial from three separate indictments, each of which was returned on a different date and involved a different juvenile victim. The first indictment consisted of one count of sexual…