Legal Opinion

State v. Cole

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided April 17, 1979No. 39669PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GUNN, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of molesting a minor. He raises two points on ap*876peal: (1) that the trial court erred in allowing evidence of prior and contemporaneous criminal acts allegedly committed by the defendant; (2) that his proffered converse instruction requiring the jury to find that his acts were intentional was erroneously rejected. We affirm.

Defendant was charged with molesting his 11 year old stepgranddaughter by fondling her breasts. The victim testified that defendant had indeed fondled her breasts; that he had also committed an act of sodomy per anum upon her. She…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. State v. KorneggerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1953
  2. State v. HamellMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
  3. State v. TandySupreme Court of Missouri · 1966
  4. State v. ShumateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
  5. State v. HarlstonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1978

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. SherrillMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. Cocktail Fortune, Inc. v. Supervisor of Liquor ControlSupreme Court of Missouri · 1999
  3. State v. EllisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
  4. State v. PresleyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
  5. State v. NolanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986

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