State v. Detherow

MAUS, Presiding Judge.

The defendant was charged with sexual assault in the first degree, § 566.040, in that he had sexual intercourse with a person to whom he was not married and who was 14 years old. A jury found he was guilty. In response to the verdict, he was sentenced to imprisonment for three years. He presents two points on appeal.

The victim was the younger 14-year-old sister of the defendant’s wife. At the time of the incident, the defendant and his wife were in the process of the dissolution of their marriage, possibly separated. The defendant was said to be violent, especially when…