State v. Williams

GARY W. LYNCH, Judge.

Eric Jerone Williams (“Defendant”) appeals the trial court’s judgment, entered following a jury trial, convicting him of three counts of statutory rape in the first degree, see section 566.032, and one count of statutory sodomy in the first degree, see section 566.062. 1 Defendant contends that the trial court plainly erred in failing to give MAI-CR3d 304.12 as a jury instruction. Finding no plain error, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.

Factual and Procedural Background

We view the evidence and inferences drawn therefrom in the light most favorable to the verdict.…