Legal Opinion
State v. Simpson
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided December 8, 1981No. WD 32326PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOWENSTEIN, Judge.
Following an indictment, appellant Matthew Simpson was found guilty by a jury in Jackson County of rape under § 566.030, RSMo 1978. He was sentenced to ten years imprisonment and appeals the conviction of having sexual intercourse with Dela Rodriguez, to whom he was not married, without her consent and by use of forceable compulsion. Appellant presents no challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence.
A jury could reasonably find that on October 12, 1979, Ms. Rodriguez, her brother-in-law and several other men left a bar in Kansas City, Kansas to drive to 31st and Brooklyn in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Allen v. St. Louis Public Service CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1956
- State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
- State v. DurhamSupreme Court of Missouri · 1967
- Winterton v. Van ZandtSupreme Court of Missouri · 1961
- State v. JenkinsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1974
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3Cited by7 opinions
- State v. NauckeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1992
- Pazdernik v. DeckerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
- State v. CrokaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
- State v. SmasheyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
- Moon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1984
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