Paul T. Elam Jr v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

JUSTICE VENTERS

Appellant, Paul T. Elam, appeals from a judgment of the Christian Circuit Court convicting him of fifteen counts of first degree sodomy, thirteen counts of first degree sexual abuse, and two counts of witness tampering. As a result of these convictions, Appellant was sentenced to a total of seventy years in prison.

Appellant contends that the trial court erred by overruling his motion to sever Count No. 33 of the indictment from the remaining charges and by granting the Commonwealth’s motion to consolidate for a single trial the sexual offenses and the…