State v. V_ C

CROW, Chief Judge.

A jury found V_C_(“defendant”) guilty of committing sodomy, § 566.060, RSMo Cum.Supp.1984, upon his son, A_, and assessed punishment at 15 years’ imprisonment. The trial court entered judgment per the verdict.

Defendant appeals, averring the trial court erred in (1) receiving in evidence the testimony of defendant’s daughter, S-, wherein she narrated a “history of sexual and physical abuse” inflicted on her by defendant, (2) denying a request for mistrial when the prosecutor, on cross-examination, asked defendant whether he recalled saying he was afraid he was headed for…