A 25-year-old Hutchinson man convicted in a child sexual abuse case was sentenced Friday to life in prison.

Salvador Araujo-Gutierrez was found guilty of one count of rape and one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. The one count of rape falls under Jessica’s law which called for a life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years.

There was a special setting scheduled for the case because of defense motions filed in the case. The defense asked for judgment of acquittal and also questioned whether Jessica’s Law is constitutional. Judge Tim Chambers denied the judgment of acquittal and went along with previous Kansas Supreme Court rulings that sentences imposed under Jessica’s Law are constitutional.

The jury couldn’t find Araujo-Gutierrez guilty on four counts involving this case, where the state alleged that three encounters occurred between 2006 and 2011, but they did find him guilty for an incident at a Hutchinson home. Judge Chambers said that evidence was overwhelming.

Araujo-Gutierrez didn’t speak during the sentencing hearing.

There will be an appeal filed in the case.