State v. Taylor

KENNEDY, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted upon jury trial of kidnapping, § 565.110, RSMo 1; second degree robbery, § 569.030; four counts of rape, § 566.030; and two counts of sodomy, § 566.060. He was sentenced to consecutive terms of imprisonment totalling 625 years.

He appeals his convictions and also appeals the denial of his Rule 29.15 motion filed after the conviction.

I. We take up first defendant’s appeal from his convictions.

Appellant’s first claim of trial error is that the court in the verdict-directing instructions given to the jury erred in submitting defendant’s acts on the…