Pate v. Commonwealth

769 S.W.2d 46 (1989)

Ronald Clay PATE, Appellant,

v.

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

No. 88-SC-68-MR.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

May 4, 1989.

Rodney McDaniel, Asst. Public Advocate, Dept. of Public Advocacy, Frankfort, for appellant.

Frederic J. Cowan, Atty. Gen., Lana Grandon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.

WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment which convicted Pate of first-degree sodomy and three counts of first-degree sexual abuse. He was sentenced to a total of 20 years in prison.

The principal issue is whether it was error for the trial judge to refuse to hold a…