Commonwealth v. Boarman

HOWARD, Judge.

The issue of this appeal is whether K.R.S. 199.335(7) abrogates the husband-wife privilege in criminal proceedings as well as actions in Juvenile Court. The facts of this action are precisely detailed in an agreed statement of the case prepared jointly by counsel .for appellant and counsel for the appellee. They may be summarized as follows:

On the 6th of November, 1978, a neighbor of Maknae Boarman, the Korean born wife of George Boarman, defendant, called the Protective Services stating that Maknae had related an incident of the defendant sexually abusing their Korean born,…