Alford v. Commonwealth

OPINION OF THE COURT

William Alford appeals from his convictions of first-degree sodomy and first-degree sexual abuse, for which he received a total sentence of life imprisonment. He appeals to this Court as a matter of right.1 *243The extensive use of inadmissible hearsay requires we reverse and remand for a new trial.

This case arose pursuant to an allegation by S.A., then age thirteen, that Appellant, her mother’s boyfriend, had sexually abused her for a number of years. Appellant, who is not S.A.’s biological father, began living with S.A.’s mother Billie Jo White and her children (S.A. and her…