State v. Stapleton

PRITCHARD, Judge.

Appellant was by the verdict of a jury found guilty of sodomy, § 566.060, RSMo 1978, and was sentenced by the court to 30 years imprisonment without probation or parole as a persistent sexual offender under § 558.018, RSMo [Laws 1980, p. 495, § 1],

The four points presented variously attack the sentence of appellant as a persistent sexual offender.

Appellant, on March 24, 1982, was charged with sodomy under § 566.060. The charge was amended on June 7, 1982, further to charge him as a prior offender under § 558.016.2 [one who has pleaded guilty or has been found guilty of one…