Dyer v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
LEIBSON, Justice.
The appellant was indicted and convicted of Sodomy in the First Degree committed on a boy under 12 years of age. He was sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary, and he appeals as a matter of right, claiming three errors:
1) The evidence was insufficient;
2) Error in admitting an exhibit, consisting of miscellaneous pictures, reading materials and personal memorabilia, seized from an apartment the appellant shared with a female companion, which lacked relevancy other than to bolster the prosecution’s unsubstantiated claim that he fit the profile of a “pedophile”; and
3)…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
- Commonwealth v. SawhillKentucky Supreme Court · 1983
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- Kimbrough v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1977
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