Michael Gibbs v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

Summary

The court affirmed Gibbs's convictions and life sentence, holding that the trial court properly joined the offenses involving three victims because they had a sufficient logical relationship and reflected a common scheme or plan. It also held that the child-witness protections allowing closed-circuit testimony applied because Alice was twelve or younger when the offenses occurred and remained a child at trial, and that the evidence established a compelling need for the procedure. The court further held that the therapist's testimony adequately supported the closed-circuit arrangement despite Alice's absence from the statutory hearing.