Turner v. Commonwealth

OPINION OF THE COURT

The appellant was convicted of first-degree rape and sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment. He was also convicted of first-degree sexual abuse and sentenced to 5 years to be served consecutively with the 20-year sentence.

He contends on appeal that the trial court erred by refusing his motion for a physical examination of the victim by his own experts, by excluding him from a hearing to determine the competency of the alleged child victim to testify, in its finding that the alleged victim was competent to testify, by failure to grant him a directed verdict on the charge of…