State v. Jankiewicz

CHARLES B. BLACKMAR, Senior Judge.

The defendant was convicted of one count of rape in violation of § 566.030, RSMo 1986 and one count of sodomy in violation of § 566.060, RSMo 1986, and received consecutive sentences of seven years on each count. The victim is his daughter, who was two years old at the time of the charged offenses. Physical evidence showed that the child was sexually abused, but the only direct evidence identifying the defendant as the miscreant consisted of the victim’s out-of-court statements. The trial court admitted these statements under the authority of § 491.-075, RSMo…