State v. Young

REINHARD, Judge.

Defendant appeals after his conviction by a jury of rape, a violation of § 566.030, RSMo.Supp.1982. The court found defendant to be a persistent sexual offender and sentenced him to fifty years’ imprisonment. We affirm.

On July 19, 1982, defendant stopped at the Air Park motel in Mexico, Missouri. He had stayed at the motel in the past, but on this occasion informed the clerk that he would not be spending the night. While there, he observed the victim, a motel resident, as she was riding her mo-ped and later as she was swimming. He learned her name and that she was a guest at…