State v. Higdon

CRANDALL, Presiding Judge.

Defendant, Maurice Dean Higdon, appeals from his conviction, pursuant to a jury verdict, of sodomy. Section 566.060.3, RSMo (1986). He was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. We affirm.

The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain defendant’s conviction is not challenged. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence established that the victim, S.R., was defendant’s stepdaughter. She lived with her mother, defendant and three younger sisters.

S.R. was 12 years of age when the two incidents which formed the basis of defendant’s conviction occurred.…