State v. Holmes

STEPHAN, Judge.

Defendant appeals from jury conviction for burglary in the first degree, § 569.160, RSMo 1978, and sodomy § 566.060, RSMo 1978. 1 Defendant was sentenced as a persistent offender to fifteen years on each count, the sentences to be served consecutively. We affirm.

On the morning of November 23,1979, at about 9:25 a.m., Ann T-, age 18, was awakened by an intruder grabbing her head as she slept in her bed. She had been alone in the house, and the man (later identified by her as defendant) forced her into her sister’s bedroom. The defendant instructed Ann to lie across the bed on…