State v. Alexander

Robert S. Alexander (Defendant) was charged with violating § 566.060, RSMo 1986, by sodomizing his six-year-old stepdaughter between May 28,1989, and June 16, 1989. Convicted by a jury, he was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment pursuant to the verdict. In Case No. 17863 he appeals from the judgment imposing the sentence. Defendant claims that the trial court erred (I) by admitting evidence of his misconduct with his son, (II) by allowing the victim to sit on her great-aunt’s lap as the victim testified, (III) by admitting pictures of naked women, and (IV) by giving the pattern reasonable…