Legal Opinion

McClure v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided March 15, 1985PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOWERTON, Judge.

McClure appeals from a jury verdict finding him guilty of first-degree sexual abuse and sentencing him to five years in prison. He claims that the trial court committed reversible error by allowing hearsay statements into evidence. We disagree and affirm.

McClure was originally charged with first-degree rape and first-degree sexual abuse of a five-year-old girl. The incident allegedly occurred one evening while McClure was staying at the child’s home.' When the child’s mother returned home about midnight of the evening in question, she found her daughter in her underpants with…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. United States v. John Louis Iron Shell, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
  2. Preston v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1966
  3. Love v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1974
  4. Roland v. BeckhamCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1966
  5. People v. PottruffMichigan Court of Appeals · 1982

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Noel v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2002
  2. Gaines v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1987
  3. Mounce v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1990
  4. R.C. v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2002
  5. Gaines v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1987

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