State v. Comstock

MANFORD, Judge.

This is a direct appeal from a jury conviction for sodomy in violation of § 566.060, RSMo 1978. The judgment is affirmed.

Appellant’s sole point charges that the trial court erred in permitting the prosecutor to cross-examine appellant relative to a prior probation violation because such cross-examination exceeded the permissible scope of inquiry into prior convictions for the purpose of impeachment and was designed to show a disposition to commit the present offense through proof of totally unrelated criminal activities.

The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the jury’s…