State of Missouri v. Bobby Donald McClure

Gary D. Witt, Judge*

Appellant Bobby McClure (“McClure”) was convicted following ,a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Howard County of statutory sodomy in the first degree, section 566.062.1, 1 and child molestation in the first degree, section 566.067. McClure now appeals and argues the trial court abused its discretion 1 in admitting State’s Exhibit 7, a video,-recording of an interview with the child victim' (“T.S.”), conducted by a child advocacy center, because the time, content, and circumstances of T.S.’s statement did not satisfy the indicia of reliability requirements of section…