Elam v. Commonwealth
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Appellant was convicted of fifteen counts of first-degree sodomy, thirteen counts of first-degree sexual abuse, and two counts of witness tampering. Appellant was sentenced to an aggregate sentence of seventy years imprisonment. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the trial court did not abuse its discretion by refusing to sever Count No. 33 of the indictment from the remaining charges; (2) the trial court did not err by consolidating for a single trial the sexual offenses and the witness tampering charges; (3) the jury instructions did not violate Appellant’s right to a unanimous verdict; and (4) Appellant waived any objections to deficiencies in the form of the indictment by failing to object.
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