RENO COUNTY — A Kansas man serving time for raping a 13-year-old will take his fight for relief of life in prison to the Kansas Court of Appeals.

Cornelio Salazar-Moreno, 39, 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.

A Reno County court sentenced him to three concurrent life sentences under Jessica’s Law, meaning he’s serving one life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years.

In his civil filing, he claimed trial error in the admission of evidence and failure to grant several mistrial motions.

The Kansas Court of Appeals rejected those claims and the verdicts were upheld.

In 2015, he filed a Habeas Corpus motion and was denied any relief by Judge Trish Rose, so now he’s appealing that decision and a hearing on his latest appeal will be heard Tuesday when the appeal court holds their hearings in Great Bend.