State of Missouri v. Marcus Hughes

Introduction

Appellant Marcus Hughes (“Hughes”) appeals from the trial court’s judgment entered after a jury verdict. The jury found Hughes guilty on two counts: forcible rape and second-degree assault. Hughes presents two points on appeal. First, Hughes, argues that the prosecution did not present sufficient evidence that Victim suffered “serious physical injury,” and the trial court thus erred in denying Hughes’s motion for judgment of acquittal at the close of evidence. Second, Hughes argues that the trial court abused its discretion in admitting State’s Exhibit Six (“Exhibit Six”), a…