Bryant v. State

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

SULLIVAN, Justice.

After a bench trial in Howard Circuit Court, Robert Bryant was convicted of rape, a Class B felony. He was sentenced to a six year term of imprisonment. He was additionally sentenced to five hundred hours of community service, assessed a fine of two thousand five hundred doliars, and ordered to enroll in a counseling program relating to sexual conduct. The judge suspended the sentence of imprisonment and placed Bryant on four years probation.

Bryant appealed his conviction. In a memorandum decision, a divided panel of the Court of Appeals reversed…