Joshua A. Towe v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

RENDERED: FEBRUARY 18, 2021 TO BE PUBLISHED Supreme Court of Kentucky 2019-SC-0694-MR JOSHUA TOWE APPELLANT ON APPEAL FROM LAUREL CIRCUIT COURT V. HONORABLE GREGORY ALLEN LAY, JUDGE NO. 18-CR-00301 COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY APPELLEE OPINION OF THE COURT BY CHIEF JUSTICE MINTON AFFIRMING A circuit court jury convicted Joshua Towe of two counts of first-degree sexual abuse and two counts of first-degree sodomy and fixed his punishment at imprisonment for life. He appeals the resulting judgment to this Court as a matter of right.1 Towe raises several trial errors, including that the jury…