Cutrer v. Commonwealth

COMBS, Judge.

This case involves two appeals from a judgment of the McCracken Circuit Court which convicted appellant, John Cutrer, of third-degree criminal abuse and convicted appellant, Debbie Cooper, of second-degree criminal abuse. These appellants were jointly indicted for first-degree criminal abuse and were tried together in the lower court. Although they have filed separate appeals, we find that their cases involve common questions of law and fact so we will decide them together.

Appellant, John Cutrer, has a daughter, Melissa, by a former marriage. Melissa was four years old when this…