STATE OF MISSOURI v. JONATHAN G. NEWTON

In Division STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Respondent, ) ) No. SD37917 vs. ) ) FILED: May 20, 2024 JONATHAN G. NEWTON, ) ) Appellant. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF HOWELL COUNTY Honorable Steven F. Lynxwiler AFFIRMED A jury found Jonathan G. Newton (“Defendant”) guilty of three counts of statutory sodomy in the first degree, see section 566.062, 1 and received consecutive sentences of 20 years on each count. In two points on appeal, Defendant contends the trial court (1) abused its discretion by excluding Victim’s mother’s (“Mother”) testimony that Victim’s grandmother (“Grandmother”) made…