State v. Crenshaw

MARY R. RUSSELL, Judge.

Willie Crenshaw (“Defendant”) was found guilty by a jury of first degree murder, forcible rape, and forcible sodomy of a 14-year-old girl (“Victim”), in violation of sections 565.020, 566.030, and 566.060 RSMo 2000, 1 respectively. Defendant was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on the murder conviction and to consecutive terms of life in prison for the other two charges. Defendant appeals all three convictions.

Defendant alleges the trial court erred in three respects: (1) overruling his motion of acquittal of forcible rape and forcible…