Deno v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice LAMBERT.

Appellant, James Anthony Deno, was indicted by a Jessamine county grand jury for rape in the first degree and for failing to register as a sex offender. Prior to trial, the latter charge was severed because of its prejudicial effect. At Appellant’s trial for rape, the jury found him guilty and recommended a sentence of twenty years. The trial court entered a judgment consistent with the jury’s recommendation. Appellant appeals to this Court as a matter of right 1 asserting four claims of reversible error: (1) that the trial court erred when it…