King v. Commonwealth

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

JUSTICE VENTERS

Appellant, William R. King, appeals from a judgment of the Laurel Circuit Court convicting him of first-degree sodomy and first-degree sexual abuse. For these convictions, Appellant was sentenced to a total of twenty years’ imprisonment. Appellant now appeals as a matter of right alleging that: 1) testimony of one of the Commonwealth’s witnesses improperly bolstered the alleged victim’s credibility resulting in palpable error and manifest injustice; and 2) the trial court erred in denying his motion for a directed verdict on the sodomy charge.

For the…