Perez v. State

| Appellant Juan Perez was convicted of three counts of rape committed against K.W., who was ten or eleven years old when the offenses were committed. Mr. Perez was sentenced to three concurrent twenty-five-year prison terms. On appeal, Mr. Perez argues that the trial court erred by failing to grant his motion for directed verdict because there was insufficient evidence that he committed the crimes.

As an initial matter, we observe that Mr. Perez’s argument on appeal also purports to challenge the sufficiency of the evidence supporting an additional rape conviction committed against…