State v. Rowe

JEFFREY W. BATES, Judge.

After a jury trial, Hernando Rowe (Defendant) was convicted of statutory sodomy in the first degree. See § 566.062.1 On appeal, Defendant contends: (1) the trial court erred in failing to grant Defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal or new trial because the State failed to present sufficient evidence about venue to make a submissible case; and (2) the trial court plainly erred in failing, sua sponte, to instruct the jury on the lesser-included offense of child molestation in the first degree. Finding no merit in either argument, we affirm.

“We view the evidence…