State v. Kinney

This cause came on to be heard upon an appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County.

Defendant-appellant Kevin Kinney was indicted for rape of a child under the age of thirteen, in violation of R.C. 2907.02. Following a trial before a jury, appellant was found guilty and was sentenced as appears of record. From that judgment and sentence, appellant brings this timely appeal, presenting four assignments of error.

In September 1985, Danci Jordan was living with her mother, Noel Jordan, on Lincoln Avenue in Cincinnati. Danci, who was then nine years old, suffers from mental…