COM. v. BELL

No. 2011-SC-000630-DG.

400 S.W.3d 278 (2013)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellant v. Eric Rae BELL, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

June 20, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Conway , Attorney General, William Bryan Jones , Assistant Attorney General, Office of Criminal Appeals, Office of the Attorney General, Frankfort, KY, Counsel for Appellant.

Thomas More Ransdell , Assistant Public Advocate, Department of Public Advocacy, Frankfort, KY, for Appellee.


Opinion of the Court by Justice NOBLE.

Appellee Eric Rae Bell was convicted in Jefferson Circuit Court of first-degree sodomy, tampering with physical evidence, and fourth-degree assault. Bell appealed his convictions to the Court of Appeals, which reversed the sodomy conviction on the grounds that the trial court abused its discretion by excluding statements the victim made to medical personnel about her history of drug use and addiction. On discretionary review...

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