State v. O'Neal

GREENE, Chief Judge.

Defendant, Charles Wayne O’Neal, was court-tried, after waiver of jury trial, and convicted of two counts of sexual abuse in the first degree. § 566.100.1

The statute provides that “[a] person commits the crime of sexual abuse in the first degree if: ... (2) He subjects another person who is less than twelve years old to sexual contact.” § 566.100.1(2). Sexual contact is defined as “any touching of the genitals or anus of any person, or the breast of any female person, or any such touching through the clothing, for the purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire of any…