Bartley v. Commonwealth
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of two counts of first-degree sodomy and two counts of first-degree sexual abuse. The trial court sentenced Defendant to twenty-five years’ imprisonment. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the trial court (1) did not err when it denied Defendant’s motion to dismiss the indictment; (2) did not err when it granted the Commonwealth’s intra-trial motion to amend the indictment; (3) did not err when it denied Defendant’s motion for a mistrial; (4) did not err when it denied Defendant’s motions for a directed verdict; and (5) did not commit palpable error when it admitted testimony about prior and uncharged crimes and other bad acts.
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