State v. Uptegrove

MARK D. PFEIFFER, Judge.

After a trial by jury in the Circuit Court of Henry County (“trial court”), Larry E. Uptegrove (“Uptegrove”) appeals his convictions on two counts of child molestation in the first degree, in violation of section 566.067, 1 for which he received two concurrent seven-year sentences. Uptegrove raises two points on appeal, in which he argues that: (1) the trial court erroneously overruled Uptegrove’s motion for judgment of acquittal at the close of all evidence due to the insufficiency of the evidence; and (2) the trial court plainly erred by failing to sua sponte declare…