Lay v. State

Ruffin, Presiding Judge.

A jury found Patrick Lay guilty of rape, aggravated child molestation, child molestation, and cruelty to children. The trial court merged the child molestation and cruelty to children counts into the aggravated child molestation count and sentenced Lay to life imprisonment for rape and twenty years of confinement for aggravated child molestation. Lay appeals, arguing that the evidence was insufficient to support the rape conviction. He further claims that the trial court erred in failing to merge the aggravated child molestation and rape counts at sentencing. For…