Butcher v. Commonwealth

96 S.W.3d 3 (2002)

Larry K. BUTCHER, Appellant,

v.

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

No. 2000-SC-0901-MR.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

November 21, 2002.

Rehearing Denied November 21, 2002.

John Palombi, Department of Public Advocacy, Frankfort, for Appellant.

A.B. Chandler III, Attorney General, Janine Coy Bowden, Assistant Attorney General, Frankfort, for Appellee.

Opinion of the Court by Justice GRAVES.

In or around 1979, Appellant, Larry Butcher, moved in with the mother of then seven-year-old H.B. In 1982, the three moved to Johnson County, Kentucky, where H.B.'s mother gave birth to twin girls…