STATE OF MISSOURI v. STEVEN EUGENE HARDCASTLE

In Division STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Respondent, ) ) No. SD37771 vs. ) ) FILED: April 22, 2024 STEVEN EUGENE HARDCASTLE, ) ) Appellant. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF BUTLER COUNTY Honorable Michael Pritchett, Judge AFFIRMED A jury found Steven Hardcastle (“Defendant”) guilty of statutory sodomy in the first degree (Count I), and two counts of sexual abuse in the first degree (Counts III and IV). 1 See sections 566.062 and 566.100. Defendant was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment on Count I; 15 years imprisonment on Count III to run concurrently to Count I; and 15 years imprisonment on…