STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent v. JOHN VINCENT ESTES, Appellant

Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District In Division STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Respondent, ) ) No. SD38483 v. ) ) Filed: June 13, 2025 JOHN VINCENT ESTES, ) ) Appellant. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF JASPER COUNTY Honorable Dean Dankelson, Judge VACATED AND REMANDED WITH INSTRUCTIONS A jury in Jasper County found John Vincent Estes guilty of one count of statutory rape. The trial court sentenced him to forty years imprisonment. Estes appeals his conviction, asserting two claims of trial court error. First, Estes asserts that the trial court erred in allowing the State to present…