Hoff v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice NOBLE.

Appellant David Hoff was convicted by a Christian County jury of eight counts of first-degree rape and eight counts of incest. Appellant was given a life sentence. Because of the extensive use of inadmissible hearsay and the impermissible bolstering of the victim’s testimony, this Court reverses the convictions and remands for a new trial.

I. BACKGROUND

This case arose when B.H., who was then twelve years old, reported that Appellant, her father, had raped her repeatedly since she was four years old. B.H. lived with Appellant and other family members in…