State v. Busby

HOLMAN, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was charged with the offense of forcible rape. See § 559.260. 1 He was also charged with a prior felony conviction. § 556.280. The jury found defendant guilty of the offense charged and the court fixed his punishment at imprisonment for a term of 30 years. Defendant has appealed. We affirm.

We have jurisdiction because the appeal involves a felony conviction and was taken prior to January 1, 1972, the effective date of new Article V, Section 3, of the Missouri Constitution, V.A.M.S.

Defendant does not question the sufficiency of the evidence and hence we need…