State v. Belcher

HOGAN, Judge.

By indictment presented March 9, 1988, a grand jury charged defendant Randy K. Belcher with kidnapping in violation of § 565.110, RSMo 1986, assault in the first degree in violation of § 565.050, RSMo 1986, and armed criminal action in violation of § 571.015, RSMo 1986. A jury found the defendant guilty on all three counts and assessed his punishment at imprisonment for 15 years for kidnapping, 15 years for first-degree assault, and 400 years for armed criminal action. The defendant appeals. We affirm.

The defendant’s victim, a fourteen-year-old female to whom we shall refer as…