State v. Caldwell

KELLY, Chief Judge.

Robert E. Caldwell, appellant, appeals his conviction in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis following a jury trial on the charge of Rape, § 566.030 RSMo.1978,1 and sentence of thirteen years in the custody of the Missouri Department of Corrections.2 We affirm.

On appeal, appellant contends that the trial court erred (1) in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal at the close of the state’s evidence, for the reason that the state failed to make a submissible case because of the conflicting nature of the testimony of the victim and a police officer witness; (2) in…