State v. Meder

BRECKENRIDGE, Presiding Judge.

John Meder appeals from his conviction of three counts of class B rape under § 566.030, RSMo 1986, 1 for which he was sentenced to three consecutive terms of fifteen years imprisonment. Meder raises four points on appeal, arguing that the trial court erred in: 1) denying Meder’s motion for severance and failing to sever the charge and trial of each of the three counts of rape; 2) admitting evidence of the victims’ “sexual acting out” because any probative value the evidence may have had was clearly outweighed by its prejudicial impact; 3) failing to instruct the…