State v. Bruce

REINHARD, Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of the offenses of kidnapping, a violation of § 565.110, RSMo.1978 and forcible rape, a violation of § 566.030, RSMo.Supp.1982. He was sentenced to a term of 30 years as a persistent offender for the kidnapping conviction and a consecutive term of 50 years, without the possibility of parole, as a persistent sexual offender for the rape conviction. We affirm.

The state’s evidence established that on March 12, 1981, at about 3:30 p.m., the victim, age 12, was walking from school to her piano lesson. As she passed a van, defendant engaged her in…