State v. Bentley, Unpublished Decision (5-19-2006)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Appellant, Dwayne Bentley ("Bentley"), appeals from the judgment entry of the Ashtabula County Common Pleas Court sentencing him to four consecutive life sentences.

{¶ 2} Bentley was indicted on October 24, 2002, for twelve counts of rape, violations of R.C. 2907.02. The victim in each count of the indictment was Bentley's minor daughter. The incidents alleged in the first eight counts of the indictment were committed between January 1, 1994 and January 1, 1995. The remaining four counts alleged that the incidents occurred on October 18 or October 19, 2001.

{¶ 3} The case was tried…