April told Dant that he was the one who puts Addryana into a corner and smacks her on the head when she does not mind him. During his pre-trial motion to have this testimony excluded, Dant argued that this evidence of a prior bad act violated KRE 404(b) and that April's statement, as told to the jury by Taylor and Goatee, was inadmissible hearsay. Although the trial judge reserved his ruling on the hearsay issue until the witnesses testified at trial, he ruled that Taylor and Goatee could testify about Dant's prior bad act because it was likely evidence of a common scheme. At trial, Dant objected again to the admission of April's statement during Taylor's testimony, arguing that it was prejudicial and hearsay. In response, the Commonwealthregarding when or exactly how Addryana was abused on the night of her death. It is certain, however, that Addryana died from head trauma. Her autopsy revealed that this head trauma resulted from being struck in the head and from having her head violently shaken back and forth. Although there is no evidence that Dant put Addryana in a corner for not minding him on the night of her death, the evidence of Dant previously smacking the infant on the head could constitute a pattern of conduct since her death was partly caused by being struck on the head. Similarly, the prior act of abuse and what the Commonwealth alleged occurred at the time of Addryana's death were similar enough to show also that Dant had the same