COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A lawyer for a convicted rapist who claims a 112-year prison sentence imposed for crimes committed when he was 15 is unconstitutional has asked the Ohio Supreme Court to overturn the sentence.

Brandon Moore was tried as an adult and convicted by a jury in the 2001 armed kidnapping, robbery and gang rape of a 22-year-old Youngstown State University student.

The 29-year-old Moore contends a sentence that exceeds his life expectancy for crimes he committed as a juvenile is cruel and unusual punishment.

Attorney Rachel Bloomekatz (BLOOM’-katz) told the court Wednesday that the U.S. Supreme Court banned life sentences for juveniles for crimes not involving homicides in 2010.

Mahoning County assistant prosecutor Ralph Rivera argued the sentence is constitutional because it involved multiple and consecutive sentences.