State v. Corona

CROW, Judge.

Appellant (“Corona”), charged with committing the class B felony of burglary in the first degree, § 569.160.1(3), RSMo 1978, by unlawfully entering an apartment occupied by B_ J. P_ (“complainant”) “for the purpose of committing forcible rape therein,” was found guilty as charged by a jury, which assessed punishment at seven years’ imprisonment. The trial court imposed that sentence and Corona appeals, briefing two assignments of error. The first is that the trial court erred in denying Corona’s motion for judgment of acquittal at the close of all the evidence because the evidence…