State v. Wickizer

SMART, Judge.

The appellant was convicted of the brutal murder and rape of a five-year-old female child. The case was tried to the court rather than to a jury. Norman Wickizer appeals from the judgment finding him guilty of first degree murder, in violation *877of § 565.020.1, RSMo 1986 and forcible rape, in violation of § 566.030, RSMo 1986. Wickizer was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for the murder conviction and to ninety-nine years imprisonment for the rape conviction. Defendant Wickizer also appeals from the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion, which has been consolidated with his…