Stoker v. Commonwealth

OPINION

CAPERTON, Judge.

Ronald Loren Stoker appeals the denial of his pro se CR 60.02 motion by the Hardin Cireuit Court, which was his see-ond post-conviction motion. Stoker argues that the trial court erred in denying his request for an evidentiary hearing and that this abuse of discretion by the trial court amounts to substantial error under RCr 10.26. Finding no error by the trial court, we affirm.

Stoker was convicted by a jury of three counts of First-Degree Rape (50 years each), three counts of First-Degree Sodomy (80 years each), three counts of First-Degree Sexual Abuse (5 years each),…