State v. Brown

MORGAN, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of three counts of forcible rape and two counts of forcible sodomy and being found to be a persistent offender was sentenced to a term of sixty-five years imprisonment on each count to be served concurrently without probation or parole. Secs. 566.030, 566.060 and 558.018, RSMo, as amended by Laws 1980, pp. 495-497. The appeal therefrom, primarily, revolves around the alleged unconstitutionality of § 491.015, commonly referred to as the “rape shield” statute. We affirm.

There is no dispute between the prosecu-trix (herein referred to as the complainant) and…