within statutory range. See Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-103(c) (Repl. 2006) (rape is a Class Y felony); Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-125(b)(l) (second-degree sexual assault is a Class B felony); Ark. Code Ann. § 5-4-401(a)(l) (a sentence for a Class Y felony may range from 120 months to 480 months or life); Ark. Code Ann. § 5-4-401(a)(3) (a sentence for a Class B felony may range from 60 months’ imprisonment to 240 months’ imprisonment). Pursuant to Arkansas Code Annotated section 5-4-403(a), the trial court had authority to exercise its discretion and order that the sentences imposed on Clayton be served consecutively. This court has previously rejected the argument that imposition of consecutive sentences is cruel and unusual punishment. See Thompson v. State, 280 Ark. 265, 658 S.W.2d 350 (1983) (<HOLDING>); see also Thompson v. State, 2013 Ark. 179, at
holding cruel and unusual punishment complaint not preserved holding that a cruel and unusual punishment claim is not jurisdictional and therefore may not be raised for the first time on appeal holding that what constitutes cruel and unusual punishment is a question of law holding that the cumulative effect of consecutive sentences does not make punishment cruel and unusual holding the constitutional right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment may be waived