State v. Ward

PUDLOWSKI, Judge.

Appellant, Lance Ward, Jr., was convicted of attempted rape and was sentenced to twenty years in the Department of Corrections and Human Resources. He appeals alleging trial court error in the admission of prior consistent statements of the victim and trial court error in overruling his motion for a mistrial during the state’s closing argument. We affirm.

The victim, a 47 year old woman, was a resident of the Edison Hotel located at 18th and Chestnut in the City of St. Louis, Missouri. She also worked at the hotel cafe. On February 17, 1983, she finished her shift at 10:15…