State v. Wright
Supreme Court of Missouri
1Opinion of the Court
RENDLEN, Judge.
Convicted by a jury of rape and sodomy of a six-year-old girl, defendant was sentenced to consecutive terms of ten years’ imprisonment and in this appeal challenges the constitutionality of §§ 491.060 and 491.-075, RSMo 1986; hence the cause falls within this Court’s original appellate jurisdiction. Mo. Const, art. V, § 3. We affirm.
Because defendant makes no challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence we need only briefly summarize the dispositive facts supportive of the verdict. The victim was playing outside her home with her four-year-old brother and C.B., the six-year-old…
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