State v. Carmack

PUDLOWSKI, Judge.

Defendant, Ricardo Carmack, appeals his conviction for rape, sodomy and first degree burglary following a jury trial in the circuit court of the City of St. Louis. Defendant was sentenced to ten years for rape, ten years for sodomy, these two terms to run concurrently, and five years for burglary, this term to run consecutively.

The evidence shows that early in the morning of January 16, 1980, defendant knocked on the door of the victim’s house in St. Louis City. The victim answered the door and spoke to defendant. Testimony at trial revealed that the victim pushed defendant…