State of Missouri v. John A. Hamby

SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI en banc STATE OF MISSOURI, ) Opinion issued June 13, 2023 ) ) Respondent, ) ) v. ) No. SC99554 ) JOHN A. HAMBY, ) ) Appellant. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ST. CHARLES COUNTY The Honorable Daniel Pelikan, Judge John Hamby appeals his judgment of conviction after a jury found him guilty of two counts of first-degree statutory sodomy, one count of incest, one count of first-degree child molestation, and one count of first-degree attempted rape. Hamby contends the circuit court’s instructions to the jury violated his constitutional right to a unanimous verdict.…