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Appeals Court Upholds Hospital Rape Conviction

Monday, August 13, 2012

An appeals court has upheld a conviction of a man charged with raping an elderly woman recovering from surgery at a Salina hospital.

Paul Parker, Jr. was convicted of sexually assaulting a 94-year-old woman in 2010.

The Salina Journal reports Parker appealed his conviction based on several errors he claimed were made in the case, including refusal of his motion for a change of venue because of extensive media publicity.

The appeals court ruling stated that Parker's request for a pretrial public opinion poll was properly denied, since the court planned to take extra precautions to ensure an unbiased jury.

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