STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent v. ANTHONY MITCHELL COOPER

STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Plaintiff-Respondent, ) ) vs. ) No. SD35488 ) ANTHONY MITCHELL COOPER, ) Filed: June 17, 2019 ) Defendant-Appellant. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ST. CLAIR COUNTY Honorable James K. Journey, Circuit Judge AFFIRMED Following a bench trial after waiver of a jury trial, the trial court found Anthony Mitchell Cooper (“Defendant”) guilty of five sexual offenses against a single child victim (“Victim”) on three separate occasions when Victim was ten, twelve and fifteen. The trial court subsequently sentenced Defendant to concurrent terms of life without eligibility for…