Whaley v. Commonwealth

OPINION OF THE COURT BY JUSTICE WRIGHT

*580A Kenton Circuit Court jury convicted Appellant, Robbie Whaley, of seventeen counts: six counts of third-degree sodomy; criminal attempt to commit third-degree sodomy; six counts of first-degree sexual abuse; three counts of first-degree sodomy; and, in the final count, found him to be a first-degree persistent felony offender. In accordance with the jury's recommendation, the trial court fixed sentences totaling life without the possibility of parole for twenty-five years. Whaley now appeals as a matter of right, Ky. Const. § 110 (2)(b).

Whaley asserts…