Orengo v. State

DOYLE, Chief Judge.

Following a 2009 jury trial, Michael Orengo was convicted of rape,1 false imprisonment,2 sexual battery,3 and battery;4 he was acquitted of aggravated sodomy. The trial court granted his subsequent motion for new trial solely as to the rape conviction, and in 2012, he was retried for rape and convicted. Orengo appeals the denial of his motions for new trial as to all four charges.5 With regard to the 2009 trial, Orengo argues that the trial court erred by failing to sua sponte charge the jury on consent and by admitting testimony from a particular State witness not…