State v. Johnson

DANIEL E. SCOTT, Judge.

A jury found Mr. Johnson (“defendant”) guilty of statutory rape. He claims the trial court erred in excluding certain testimony offered by his sister. We reject this complaint and affirm the conviction.

Defendant does not dispute the sufficiency of the evidence, which we view and will summarize most favorably to the verdict. State v. Colvin, 312 S.W.3d 436, 437 (Mo.App.2010). Given the nature of the offense, and the youth of some witnesses and the victim, we recite only what is needed to explain our decision.

Defendant had non-consensual intercourse with the victim, who…