Whaley v. Commonwealth

The Supreme Court affirmed Appellant’s convictions and their corresponding sentences, holding that Appellant’s claims of trial error did not warrant reversal of his convictions.A jury convicted Appellant of seventeen counts, including six counts of first-degree sexual abuse. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the trial court (1) did not abuse its discretion by failing to sever the counts of the indictments; (2) did not err in allowing evidence of other crimes, wrongs or acts; (3) erred by allowing pornographic images into evidence without the victim’s identification, but the error was harmless; (4) did not abuse its discretion in disallowing cross-examination regarding the pornographic evidence; (5) did not abuse its discretion in allowing expert testimony regarding anal sodomy; (5) did not abuse its discretion in allowing the complaining witnesses to be referred to as victims; and (6) did not abuse its discretion by denying Appellant’s motion for mistrial. View "Whaley v. Commonwealth" on Justia Law