STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent v. JAMES GUTHRIE, Appellant

Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District In Division STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Respondent, ) ) No. SD38707 v. ) ) Filed: October 15, 2025 JAMES GUTHRIE, ) ) Appellant. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF MISSISSIPPI COUNTY Honorable R. Zachary Horack, Judge VACATED AND REMANDED WITH INSTRUCTIONS A Mississippi County jury found Appellant James Guthrie guilty of two counts of first-degree statutory rape and one count of fourth-degree child molestation against Victim 1; and one count of first-degree statutory rape and one count of first-degree sodomy against Victim 2. In his sole point on appeal,…