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TORRENCE v. COM.

No. 2007-SC-000586-MR.

269 S.W.3d 842 (2008)

Lawrence Lester TORRENCE, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Ordered to be Published December 4, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen Kallaher Schmidt, Appeals Branch Manager, Steven Jared Buck, Assistant Public Advocate, Department of Public Advocacy, Frankfort, KY, Counsel for Appellant.

Jack Conway, Attorney General of Kentucky, Joshua D. Farley, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office, Office of Criminal Appeals, Frankfort, KY, Counsel for Appellee.

MEMORANDUM OPINION OF THE COURT

A jury found Lawrence Torrence guilty of rape in the first degree and sodomy in the first degree and recommended a cumulative forty-year sentence. After the trial judge sentenced him in accordance with the jury's recommendation, Torrence filed this matter-of-right appeal.1

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY.

Torrence's appeal raises three issues related to the trial of his case that...

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