Legal Opinion

Collins v. Commonwealth

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided September 4, 1997No. 96-SC-578-MRPublishedCited by 59 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GRAVES, Justice.

Appellant was convicted in the Letcher Circuit Court of the first-degree rape, second-degree rape, second-degree sodomy, incest and first-degree wanton endangerment of his stepdaughter, L.T. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. Appellant appeals to this Court as a matter of right. We have carefully reviewed the record and, finding no error, affirm the judgment and sentence.

The victim, L.T., testified that Appellant had sexually abused her from 1988 to 1992, when she was between the ages of nine to fifteen years old. L.T. stated that Appellant had forced her to engage in sex…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
  3. California v. TrombettaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Arizona v. YoungbloodSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  5. State v. MoralesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995

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3Cited by59 opinions

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