State v. Butler

A jury convicted Ivron Butler of forcible sodomy, § 566.060, RSMo Cum.Supp.1993, felonious restraint, § 565.120, RSMo 1994, and two counts of armed criminal action, § 571.015, RSMo 1994. Mr. Butler was found to be a prior and persistent offender under §§ 558.016 and 557.036, RSMo 1994, and was sentenced accordingly to consecutive terms of life imprisonment for forcible sodomy, § 566.060.2, RSMo Cum.Supp. 1993, seven years for felonious restraint, § 558.011.1(3), RSMo Cum.Supp.1993, and 100 years each for the two counts of armed criminal action, § 571.015.1, RSMo 1994. On appeal, the defendant…