State v. Burgess

BLACKMAR, Chief .Justice.

The defendant was jury convicted of two counts of forcible rape and one count of forcible sodomy. The court pronounced one life sentence and two consecutive fifteen year sentences. He appealed, assigning four points of error. The court of appeals found that the first three of these were without merit. The fourth point dealt with the consecutive sentences. The court of appeals transferred the case here, taking note of the conflict between its decisions and those of the western district on the proper application of § 558.026.1, RSMo 1986, and noting the Southern…