State v. Smith

EDWIN H. SMITH, Judge.

Donald L. Smith appeals the circuit court’s judgment of his jury conviction of first degree statutory sodomy, § 566.062. 1 He was sentenced as a prior offender, pursuant to § 557.036, to life imprisonment in the Missouri Department of Corrections.

The appellant raises two points on appeal. In Point I, he claims that the trial court erred in precluding his cross-examination of T.G., the victim, regarding whether she lied under oath in her deposition. In Point II, he claims that the trial court erred and abused its discretion in overruling his motion for a mistrial after…