Hellstrom v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by Justice

LEIBSON

reversing and remanding as to Issue I and dissenting opinion by Justice LEIBSON as to Issues II and III.

Leif Eric Hellstrom appeals as a matter of right from his conviction in the Jessamine Circuit Court for first-degree sodomy and first-degree sexual abuse of his adopted stepdaughter. Punishment was *613set at imprisonment for 45 years and five years, respectively, to run consecutively for a total of 50 years.

Appellant moved in with Janice Jenkins and her four-and-one-half-year-old daughter, C.H., in November, 1981. Some 18 months later, Janice and Hellstrom…