State v. Vorhees

NANCY STEFFEN RAHMEYER, Presiding Judge.

Shane A. Vorhees (“Appellant”) was convicted, following a jury trial, of one count of statutory rape in the first degree, a violation of section 566.032. 1 Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment on the charge. Appellant contends the trial court plainly erred by: (1) overruling his objection to the State’s question to an investigating officer concerning the officer’s belief that the child had been sexually abused; and (2) failing to, sua sponte, declare a mistrial when the prosecutor made a statement in closing argument that Appellant claims…