State v. Smoot

This case involves the admissibility of an audio recording.

Background and Procedural History

Kenneth Smoot (Appellant) was convicted of one count each of forcible rape and forcible sodomy and was sentenced to concurrent life terms without the possibility of parole as a persistent sexual offender. The convictions were the result of an attack Appellant perpetrated against L.L. (Victim). Appellant was 49 years old at the time of the attack and Victim was 74 years old.

Appellant had known Victim almost all of his life, having grown up with her children. For an unspecified time prior to and at the…