State v. Grady

STEPHAN, Judge.

Defendant appeals from a jury conviction of sodomy, § 566.060, RSMo 1978. Defendant was sentenced in accordance with the verdict to a period of five years. We affirm.

Anthony R_, a child of nine years at the time of the incident, was the victim of the sexual assault. Anthony testified that while he was waiting for his cousin at about 6:30 p.m., on January 18, 1980, outside a grocery store, a man grabbed him by the neck and forced him to walk to nearby Lafayette Park. Anthony stated that when they reached the park, defendant took him to. an old house and attempted, without…