State v. Gregory

CRIST, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of statutory rape (§ 559.260, RSMo.Supp.1975) and the jury assessed his punishment at ten years imprisonment. We affirm.

Defendant was charged by indictment on December 2, 1977, and at the December 9 arraignment, assistant public defender, Jim Whitney, entered his appearance as defense counsel. Subsequently, on March 1, 1978, a substitute public defender, Patrick M. Sanders, entered his appearance as defendant’s attorney. Defendant’s motions to suppress were heard and overruled on October 2, 1978, and, following several continuances by defendant and one by…