HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 37-year-old man serving time for raping a 13 year old is back before the court for a scheduled two-day hearing over his civil filing seeking relief from the sentence he’s serving.
Cornelio Salazar-Moreno was convicted of rape, two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and adultery. The crimes occurred in late 2007 and early 2008. At the time of the crimes, the victim was 13 years old and Salazar-Moreno was 30.
Salazar-Moreno was ultimately sentenced to three concurrent life sentences under Jessica’s Law.
In his appeals, Salazar-Moreno had claimed trial error in the admission of evidence and failure to grant several mistrial motions. Those claims were rejected by the Kansas Court of Appeals and the verdicts were upheld.
He filed a habeas corpus motion last year and the hearing on that motion is being argued in front of Judge Trish Rose.