Ocanas v. State

The defendant presents two issues:(1) Is the twenty-year sentence excessive and an abuse of discretion?(2) Is the failure to modify his sentence in view of a three-year sentence given to his brother for the same offense an abuse of discretion and a denial of equal protection of the law?

At the trial the defendant claimed he was not guilty of forceable rape; that the complainant voluntarily consented to the act of sexual intercourse for payment of $50 and that because she was not paid she went to the police with a false claim of rape to “get even with them.” The trial court completely rejected…