State v. Goodwin

NANCY STEFFEN RAHMEYER, Judge.

Raymond Goodwin (“Appellant”) appeals from his conviction in a court-tried case for the class C felony of statutory rape in the second degree under § 566.034, RSMo 2000. Appellant was sentenced to a four-year term of imprisonment in the Missouri Department of Corrections. On appeal, Appellant contends the trial court erred 1) in denying Appellant access to the victim’s hospital records, 2) in excluding testimony that Appellant was law-abiding, and 3) and in not declaring a mistrial when the prosecutor made a reference to Appellant’s unwillingness to take a…