Depp v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice NOBLE.

Nicholas Depp, Appellant, was convicted of first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy, and was sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment on each count, to run consecutively for a total of thirty years. He filed this appeal as a matter of right pursuant to Ky. Const. Section 110(2)(b).

A detailed recitation of the facts underlying Appellant’s convictions is not necessary for analysis of the issues he raises in this appeal. Suffice it to say that Appel-lánt and the alleged victim differed about whether their sexual encounters were consensual. The jury obviously…