Richardson v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice JOHNSTONE.

Appellant, Steven Thomas Richardson, was convicted in the Franklin Circuit Court of first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, second-degree rape, second-degree sodomy, and two counts of first-degree sexual abuse. He was sentenced to forty years’ imprisonment and appeals to this Court as a matter of right. Finding no error, we affirm.

Appellant’s convictions stem from acts committed against J.R., a mentally handicapped minor, from the time she was about eleven years old until sometime after her thirteenth birthday. J.R.’s grandmother was the manager of the…