State v. Ballew

LEWIS, Judge.

On 3 February 1993, defendant was convicted, after a jury trial, of two counts of first-degree rape and one count of sexual activity by a substitute parent. He received a sentence of life imprisonment for each of the rape convictions and a sentence of fifteen years imprisonment for the sexual activity by a substitute parent conviction, all sentences to run consecutively. From these judgments and commitments defendant appeals.

Defendant’s convictions arose out of the following facts. The victims, C. and L., were twelve and thirteen years old, respectively, when their mother married…