State v. White

DOWD, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of rape, § 566.030 RSMo 1978; first degree burglary, § 569.160 RSMo 1978; and false imprisonment, § 565.130 RSMo 1978. The court sentenced the defendant as a persistent offender to twenty-five (25) years imprisonment on the rape charge; ten (10) years imprisonment on the burglary charge; and five (5) years imprisonment on the false imprisonment charge, said sentences to run concurrently.

This court filed an opinion on October 1, 1985, reversing the judgment and remanding the case back to the trial court for a new trial. In respondent’s…