Johnson v. Commonwealth

COMBS, Justice.

Ted Mitchell Johnson, age seventeen at the time of the offenses charged, was tried as a youthful offender and convicted of rape in the first degree (Class B), sodomy in the first degree (Class B), sexual abuse in the first degree, and wanton endangerment in the second degree. Johnson was sentenced to the minimum 10 years. The Court of Appeals affirmed, and we granted discretionary review.

We have taken the liberty of reordering, slightly, the issues presented:

1) Whether the evidence was sufficient to support a guilty verdict on each count;

2) Whether hearsay testimony by the…