Christian Cotton v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

RENDERED: JUNE 23, 2023; 10:00 A.M. NOT TO BE PUBLISHED Commonwealth of Kentucky Court of Appeals NO. 2022-CA-0194-MR CHRISTIAN L. COTTON APPELLANT APPEAL FROM CALLOWAY CIRCUIT COURT v. HONORABLE JAMES T. JAMESON, JUDGE ACTION NO. 19-CR-00255 COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY APPELLEE OPINION AFFIRMING ** ** ** ** ** BEFORE: ECKERLE, KAREM, AND MCNEILL, JUDGES. MCNEILL, JUDGE: In 2021, Appellant, Christian L. Cotton, was convicted by a Calloway County jury of first-degree sexual abuse involving a minor, Z.W. Candice Reeder is the victim’s mother and was Cotton’s girlfriend at the time. The jury…