State v. Graves

SEILER, Judge.

Upon application of respondent, this appeal was transferred to this Court from the Court of Appeals, Western District, after the filing of an opinion because of the general interest and importance of the questions presented. We treat this case as if here on original appeal. Mo.Const. art. V, § 10.

Appellant, Christopher P. Graves was convicted in a jury trial of first degree robbery, rape and sodomy, and sentenced respectively to terms of five, seven and ten years, said sentences to run consecutively. On appeal, the court of appeals held that the trial court committed reversible…