State v. Jackson

RONALD R. HOLLIGER, Presiding Judge.

Morris Jackson appeals a jury verdict finding him guilty of second-degree statutory rape, section 566.084 RSMo 2000, 1 of his girlfriend’s 14-year-old daughter. Jackson raises three points of error: (1) that the trial court erred in admitting as evidence the birth certificate of the victim’s child and a prior civil paternity judgment entered against Jackson; (2) that the date of Jackson’s trial was in violation of sections 217.450 and 217.460 RSMo (2000), because his trial took place more than 180-days after Jackson requested disposition of his case and…