State v. Swigert

FENNER, Judge.

Appellant, Debra Swigert, appeals her conviction in the Circuit Court of Pettis County 1 of forcible rape, section 566.030, RSMo Supp.1992, and abuse of a child, section 568.060, RSMo Supp.1992. 2 On January 15, 1992, a jury found appellant guilty of both charges and appellant was sentenced to eight years imprisonment on the charge of forcible rape and three years imprisonment on the charge of abuse of a child, said terms to run consecutively.

The facts adduced at trial include the following: In November of 1990, a group of children, all under the age of seventeen, went to…