State v. Kelley

LISA WHITE HARDWICK, Judge.

Forrest Kelley was convicted of statutory sodomy and sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment. He raises four points on appeal: 1) the trial court erred in precluding evidence of the victim’s sexual abuse allegations against other men pursuant to the rape shield statute, § 491.015 RSMo 2000 1 ; 2) the trial court erred in restricting Kelley’s ability to rehabilitate a defense witness accused of lying under oath; 3) the trial court erred in denying Kelley’s mistrial motion based on prejudicial comments of a venireperson; and 4) the trial court erred in denying the…