Colvard v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice VENTERS.

Appellant, Fred Colvard, was convicted by a Jefferson Circuit Court jury of one count of first-degree sodomy, two counts of first-degree rape, one count of first-degree burglary, and of being a second-degree persistent felony offender (PFO II). For these crimes, Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. Appellant now appeals to this Court as a matter of right. Ky. Const. § 110.

Among other things, Appellant argues on appeal that certain testimony from medical personnel was improperly admitted through the hearsay exception under KRE 803(4). Because we…