Hancock v. Commonwealth

OPINION

COMBS, Judge:

The appellant, Steven F. Hancock (Hancock), appeals from a conviction of wanton endangerment in the second degree following a conditional plea of guilty. The issues which Hancock preserved for appellate review present questions of first impression concerning the application of KRS 508.060 to an individual’s conduct resulting in exposing another person to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

On September 13, 1994, the Fayette County Grand Jury indicted Hancock for wanton endangerment in the first degree, KRS 508.060. The indictment alleged that over a period of two years,…