State v. Arnold

SMITH, Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction by a jury of rape and sodomy and the resultant consecutive 15 year sentence on each. We affirm.

The victim, a twelve year old girl, was on her way to school on a residential street in St. Louis. She was approached from behind by a man wearing a ski mask and carrying a knife. He forced her into a vacant house where he engaged in at least two acts each of sexual intercourse, buggery and fellation. During these encounters the attacker initially placed a thin piece of cloth over the victim’s eyes, through which she could see, and later substituted…