State v. Sipes

PREWITT, Judge.

A jury found defendant guilty of attempted rape, § 566.030, RSMo Supp.1982, and sodomy, § 566.060, RSMo Supp.1982. He was sentenced to ten years imprisonment for attempted rape and fifteen years for sodomy, the sentences to run consecutively.

We first discuss defendant’s contention that the trial court erred in denying his motion for acquittal because the prosecu-trix’s testimony was contradictory and unconvincing and there was insufficient corroboration of her testimony. The testimony of a prosecutrix is sufficient to sustain a rape or sodomy charge without other corroboration…