Tarrance v. Commonwealth

GARDNER, Commissioner.

Mark Wayne Tarrance, appellant, and Tommy Reynolds, appellant, were convicted of rape and sentenced to life imprisonment without benefit of parole.

Paula Parsley and her boy friend, Larry Halliburton, were hitchhiking from Paula’s parents’ home to Louisville when appellants picked them up. Paula and Larry got in the front seat with Reynolds, the driver, while Tarrance moved to the back seat. After several hours, according to Paula, appellants wielded knives in a threatening manner, directed Larry to move to the rear seat, and forced Paula to give both appellants oral…