State v. Roedel

CRANDALL, Judge.

Defendant, Carl T. Roedel, Jr., appeals from his conviction, after a jury trial, for deviate sexual assault in the first degree. He was sentenced as a prior offender to imprisonment for five years. We affirm.

The evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, discloses that D.B., a fifteen year old female, was staying at a hotel in St. Louis while on a school trip from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. During their free time, D.B. and her friend, R.M., also a fifteen year old female, were using the hotel sauna when defendant approached the girls, explained he was affiliated…