Legal Opinion

State v. Bunch

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided May 11, 2009No. SD 29049PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DANIEL E. SCOTT, Presiding Judge.

Joshua Bunch ("Defendant") appeals his convictions for sodomy. Given the victim's age and the nature of the offenses, we will relate only the facts and background necessary to address Defendant's six appeal points.

Facts and Background 1

Defendant lived with his mother, his girlfriend, and his girlfriend's five-year-old daughter from February to May 2004. Defendant was unemployed, and on some dozen occasions while his girlfriend was at work, he ordered the little girl to get naked and would put his penis in her anus and mouth. He moved out of the home in May…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. State v. FeltropSupreme Court of Missouri · 1991
  3. State v. SilveySupreme Court of Missouri · 1995
  4. State v. MiddletonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1999
  5. State v. WolfeSupreme Court of Missouri · 2000

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. State v. MillerSupreme Court of Missouri · 2012
  2. State v. GainesMissouri Court of Appeals · 2010
  3. Tucker v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2015
  4. Jordan v. PeetMissouri Court of Appeals · 2013
  5. State v. BiggsSupreme Court of Missouri · 2011

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