State v. Collier

WEIER, Judge.

Defendant Clarence Collier was convicted of the crime of forcible rape under § 559.-260, RSMo Supp. 1975, and was sentenced to twenty-five years imprisonment. From this judgment and sentence he appeals setting out seven trial errors which he contends entitle him to a new trial. We affirm the judgment.

Defendant first complains of the trial court action in allowing the circuit attorney to proceed under a substitute information in lieu of indictment because the circuit attorney never sent or delivered a copy of the substitute information to counsel for defendant. The information set…