The decision was part of an appeal Perry filed in response to a criminal case in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court.
He was accused of sexually abusing three girls between 2000 and 2003. The victims reported the abuse when they were in their 20s, resulting in an indictment in January 2023, according to court records.
On May 1, 2024, a jury found Perry guilty of one count of rape, eight counts of gross sexual imposition and five counts of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles.
Judge Kimberly Melnick sentenced Perry to 29.5 years in prison a few weeks later, according to common pleas court records.
Perry appealed, claiming errors were made in the common pleas case.
The appeals court agreed certain mistakes were made in sentencing, and sent the matter back to common pleas court for resentencing, according to appeals court records.
Credit: Montgomery County Jail
Credit: Montgomery County Jail
On May 15, Perry was resentenced to 25 years, according to the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office. He must serve at least 10 years before he can be eligible parole.
In the appeal, Perry also claimed he received ineffective counsel because his defense attorney did not seek to have the disseminating matter harmful to juveniles and gross sexual imposition charges dismissed due to the statute of limitations.
The appeals court agreed the statute of limitations expired for the disseminating matter harmful to juveniles and vacated the conviction. However, it disagreed the period expired for the eight counts of gross sexual imposition and overruled that part of the appeal, among others.
Perry filed a motion to receive a new trial in common pleas court. The judge has not ruled on the motion as of press time.
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