State v. Lampley

Defendant, Ervin Lampley, was convicted of two counts of sodomy in violation of § 566.060, RSMo 1986. The court sentenced Lampley as a prior offender to serve 13 years on each count, the sentences to run concurrently. We reverse and remand because the court refused to permit cross-examination on a matter that could tend to prove a motive to fabricate a false accusation by the prosecuting witness.

Defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support his convictions. However, we briefly summarize the facts and reasonable inferences which the jury could reasonably have found in…