State v. Rinehart

LOWENSTEIN, Judge.

Defendant appeals from a jury conviction for the Class B felony of rape, § 566.030, RSMo 1978, for which he was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment. He states two points of error, the first concerning the trial court’s refusal to allow him to cross examine the minor victim about an allegedly false accusation of molestation by another individual, the second concerning the prosecutor’s comments on his failure to testify. Affirmed.

The victim of the rape was defendant’s stepdaughter, who was eight years old at the time of the offense. Defendant took her hill climbing in Clay…