Legal Opinion

State v. Wright

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided May 17, 1988No. 69481PublishedCited by 47 opinions

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…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. State v. SeeverSupreme Court of Missouri · 1987
  3. State v. GuinanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1987
  4. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1987

3Cited by47 opinions

  1. State v. SilveySupreme Court of Missouri · 1995
  2. State v. GallagherSupreme Court of Vermont · 1988
  3. Callier v. Director of RevenueSupreme Court of Missouri · 1989
  4. Felix v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1993
  5. State v. RedmanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1996

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