State v. Boschert

DOWD, Presiding Judge.

Defendant-appellant Michael Vernon Boschert appeals from a fifteen-year sentence imposed by the trial court based on a jury conviction of attempted rape § 566.030 RSMo Cum.Supp. (1984) and § 558.016.1 RSMo 1978. We affirm.

Defendant, age 30, and prosecutrix, age 17, were acquainted for many years prior to the night of the offense. On that night they both attended a party at the home of the prosecutrix’s aunt. They kissed and held hands occasionally during the party. Defendant offered to drive the prosecutrix to her home at the end of the evening.. She accepted. When they…