State v. Erickson

FENNER, Judge.

Appellant, Myron Erickson, appeals his conviction of two counts of deviate sexual assault in the first degree, § 566.070, RSMo 1986. Appellant was sentenced after trial by jury to two concurrent sentences of three years’ imprisonment.

Taken in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence supports appellant’s convictions. In September, 1988, C.D.,1 the victim herein, was a boy fourteen years old and just beginning the eighth grade. Up to the eighth grade, C.D. had been in classes for students with learning disabilities. C.D. felt isolated, he wanted to be with the other…