George v. Commonwealth

REYNOLDS, Justice.

This case requires a decision as to whether KRS 421.350 prohibits a child witness, not a child victim, in a child abuse case from testifying against a defendant at trial, outside the defendant’s physical presence, by closed circuit television.

Ernest George was convicted of first-degree rape and sentenced to 27 years’ imprisonment. A matter of right appeal follows.

Two half-sisters, L.E., age eight, and A.E., age eleven, are the issue of the same mother, who was incarcerated after a conviction for manslaughter. The girls resided in the home of appellant’s mother and they…