State v. Crawford

BARNEY, Chief Judge.

Appellant, Robert E. Crawford, (“Appellant”) was convicted of the Class C felony of statutory rape in the second degree, § 566.034, RSMo 1994, following a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Jasper County, Missouri. 1 He was sentenced to four years imprisonment. Appellant now raises two points of trial court error, discussed below. We affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, State v. Culbertson, 999 S.W.2d 732, 733 (Mo.App.1999), the record shows that the victim, K.R., a 15-year-old girl and neighbor of Appellant, visited Appellant’s home in February of…