John D. Ellis v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

RENDERED: JUNE 13, 2024 TO BE PUBLISHED Supreme Court of Kentucky 2023-SC-0096-MR JOHN D. ELLIS APPELLANT ON APPEAL FROM SIMPSON CIRCUIT COURT V. HONORABLE RODNEY BURRESS, SPECIAL JUDGE NO. 21-CR-00147 COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY APPELLEE OPINION OF THE COURT BY JUSTICE CONLEY REVERSING & REMANDING This appeal comes before the Court as a matter of right 1 from Simpson Circuit Court. The Appellant, John Ellis, was convicted by a jury of first-degree rape, second-degree burglary, and kidnapping. He was sentenced to fifty years in prison. Ellis raises only one issue: that the trial court erred when…