State v. Taylor

GARY M. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

Karl Harlan Taylor, defendant, was convicted by a jury of forcible rape, § 566.030, RSMo 1978. Defendant was found to be a persistent offender and was sentenced to thirty five years' imprisonment. On appeal, defendant claims that: the trial court erred in failing to strike for cause three members of the venire; the state violated provisions of the Rape Shield Statute in its introduction of certain evidence; and the prosecutor’s conduct during closing argument constituted error. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

The evidence, viewed in the light most…