State v. Marlow

HANNA, Judge.

The defendant, Patrick J. Marlow, was convicted by a jury of forcible rape (§ 566.030, RSMo 1986) and sentenced as a prior, persistent and class X offender (§§ 558.016, 558.019, RSMo Supp.1993) to twenty-one years imprisonment. The defendant raises four issues on appeal. The first two points claim plain error because the trial court did not strike a juror for cause and because the prosecutor impermissibly referred to the defendant’s Fifth Amendment right not to testify. The final two points speak to a claim of error in the admission of evidence and the sufficiency of the evidence…