State v. Gooch

PREWITT, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of rape and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment.

The only testimony linking appellant to the crime was the identification of him by the complaining witness. She testified that at approximately 5:30 p.m. on May 17,1977, she left a Wal-Mart Store at 15th and Range Line in Joplin. She was starting to get in her car in the parking lot when appellant came up behind her and threatened her with a revolver. He forced her into her car and then got in and drove off with the gun on his lap. He drove to a wooded area where the rape occurred. He then drove them back…