Legal Opinion

State v. Gutierrez

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided July 31, 2009No. WD 69495Published

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

2Per curiam

Mario Gutierrez appeals the circuit court’s judgment convicting him of two counts of the class B felony of child molestation in the first degree in violation of § 566.067, RSMo 2000. On appeal, Gutierrez challenges the trial court’s limitation of his cross-examination of a witness concerning prior false allegations of sexual abuse by the child-victim, and the prosecution’s reference in closing argument to the fact that Gutierrez had presented no evidence to corroborate his claim that the child-victim had made such prior allegations. We affirm. Because a published opinion would have no…

3Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Root v. EnglandMissouri Court of Appeals · 2009

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