State v. Cochrell

DOWD, Chief Judge.

The defendant, Lowell Cochrell, was found guilty by a jury of the statutory rape of a fourteen year old girl. He appeals from the judgment sentencing him to a term of thirty-five years imposed under the Second Offender Act.1

The prosecutrix, V-H-, after attending a movie and a party, went to the house of a friend where she and her sister were to spend the night. The friend, Mrs. Schoeneich, lived in the 4300 block of Gibson Avenue in the City of St. Louis.

The victim arrived at the Gibson address about 3:30 a. m. on September 25, 1971. Shortly thereafter, she was requested by…